Sadness and grief in the lyrics of some contemporary poets of Iran

Abstract

Lyric literature is one kind of literature, which has been widely emerged in poetry of poets and writer a
long time ago; it is a necessary emotion for human life. Sadness, grief, fear, anger, hater and love and
affection are essential for compromising with environment and protecting human nature. Regarding this,
the author in this paper has focused on examining aspects of sadness and grief in some poetry of
contemporary poets, it is assumed that sadness and grief are prominent characteristics in most poetry of
Iranian contemporary poets. First author has focused on content review of lyrics in some contemporary
poets and extracted lyrics with motifs of sadness then analyzed the causes of developing sorrow and how
much poets used it. The study aimed to inform readers of how poets approaching toward sadness and
sorrow. The research methodology is library reviewing and analyzing. The results reflect a wide sorrow
and sadness in poetry of contemporary poets and linkage of sadness with love and the reasons of poets for
using sorrow and grief are poets’ loneliness and social concerns.