Scientific Expressions in Abolfaraj Rouni’s Anthology

Abstract

Abolfaraj Rouni is a pioneer of a new poetry style who has influenced all the 6 th century (A.H) poets directly and indirectly. His own and his followers’ poems have served as a basis for changing the Khorasani style to Iraqi style. His anthology is fraught with a variety of Arabic words and Expressions, Quranic tenets, literary figures, and poetic features. One can specifically refer to his exotic overstatements about the eulogized. To understand his poems is generally difficult because it calls for a perfect knowledge of such field as astronomy, rhetoric, logic, philosophy, theology, and the like. Here is a typical verse of such poems: Thou at rest like the poles , But in race like the moon . Abolfaraj has based his imagery upon science. He has also utilized conventions such as games of chess as well as literary issues as associations for his images. He sometimes even makes a war image using a literary issue as in the following line: Rascals seized thee from all sides , But were depunctuated by thy prowess . In this research, we have studied and explained the role of Abulfaraj Rouni in using terms and expressions derived from various fields of science that makes changing the Khorasani style to Iraqi style.