Abstract
This paper aims at studying the aspects of and the reasons behind the poet glorifying his poetry and, consequently, himself. The two examples chosen here are Al-Muttanabi, the famous Abbasid poet and Shakespeare, the Elizabethan poet. The researchers discuss the common features that distinguish the poetry of both poets especially in relation to the theme of glorification of poetry. This comparative study has chosen examples from Al-Mutanabbi's poetry (the Diwan; the collection of his poems) and Shakespeare's sonnets (18-126). The researchers have found out that the two poets glorify their poetry while praising an outstanding powerful character in order to make profit or gain a social status or a governmental position. Ironically speaking, they end up hinting at the fact that their poetic lines are immortal and only through their panegyric poetry the concerned patron is immortalized.
Highlights
The comparative nature of this study adds much to its originality
The researchers discuss the common features that distinguish the poetry of both poets especially in relation to the theme of glorification of poetry
The researchers have found out that the two poets glorify their poetry while praising an outstanding powerful character in order to make profit or gain a social status or a governmental position
Summary
The comparative nature of this study adds much to its originality. The paper's substantive focus on Al-Muttanabi, the Abbasid poet and Shakespeare, the Elizabethan poet in relation to the theme of glorification of poetry is the core of this study. My paper discusses places of meeting among the poetry of two poets who wrote in two different languages reflecting their two different cultures. It is the purpose of this paper to address a gap in comparative research which has been so far confined to studies comparing alMutanabbi to other Arabic classical writers (Abbas, 1973; Larkin, 1986; al-Haydar, 2009; Askari, 2010; Shareem, 2013) and Shakespeare to other Classical and Western writers (Morgan, 2009; Driver, 2009; Nda, 2011; Iseni, 2014), but rarely combined both poets. This paper investigates selected lines of al-Mutanabbi's Diwan (Collection of his poetry) and of Shakespeare's sonnets seeking to reveal how the two great poets glorify their lines while praising their patrons
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