A review of satiric lyrics in Hotaieh and Khaghani poems

Abstract

Hotaieh and Khaghani were the most famous poets of Arabic and Persian literature respectively who composed satiric poems as well. Satire is a branch of Lyric literature and the present study is an attempt to review the satiric poems written by these poets. Hotaieh is one of the Mokhazram Arab poets whose poetry were mainly concerned with eulogy and satire. He wrote satiric poems about himself, his family, relatives and others. His Ugly face and ostracism from the tribe were the main reasons that provoked him to satirize others. Khaghani was one of the Azerbaijani-styled poets who composed poetry in a style standing between the Khorasani and Iraqi styles, and lived in the sixth century AD. He composed both eulogy and satiric poetries and his sensitive soul made him compose satiric poems when his feelings were hurt by others. He composed satiric poetries about His father, daughter, teacher, friends, contemporaries, and ...in the present study, the author used the descriptive - analytical methodology and attempted to conduct a comparative analysis on the concept of satire in the Hotaieh and Khaghani poetries and show the impact of Arabic literature on the Persian literature