Shiraz University Journal of Poetry Studies (boostan Adab) 2008-8183 9 3 2017 11 22 The role of punctuation marks in modern poems of Mehdi Akhavan Sales The role of punctuation marks in modern poems of Mehdi Akhavan Sales 139 162 4063 10.22099/jba.2017.4063 FA Journal Article 2017 01 04 Punctuation marks are relatively new tools in Persian alphabet. This signs in written speech are rather than tone and other paraverbal in oral speech. The present article investigates the status and the role of punctuation marks in poems of Mehdi Akhavan Sales. This hypothesis has led to structure of this question that what is the role and function of punctuation in Akhavan’s poetry. The author has used the deductive method to answer the research question. She has been extracted punctuation marks from the six books of modern poetry of Akhavan. Then the data has been examined using the descriptive and analytical methods. The research results indicate that punctuation marks in Akhavan’s modern poetry has two main applications: A) the use of language to imply suprasegmental sounds, Break up the sentence structure and creating coherence in the text; B) The use of artistic for create images, Induction and foregrounding which Akhavan has used these applications to strengthen the unity of his poem. Punctuation marks are relatively new tools in Persian alphabet. This signs in written speech are rather than tone and other paraverbal in oral speech. The present article investigates the status and the role of punctuation marks in poems of Mehdi Akhavan Sales. This hypothesis has led to structure of this question that what is the role and function of punctuation in Akhavan’s poetry. The author has used the deductive method to answer the research question. She has been extracted punctuation marks from the six books of modern poetry of Akhavan. Then the data has been examined using the descriptive and analytical methods. The research results indicate that punctuation marks in Akhavan’s modern poetry has two main applications: A) the use of language to imply suprasegmental sounds, Break up the sentence structure and creating coherence in the text; B) The use of artistic for create images, Induction and foregrounding which Akhavan has used these applications to strengthen the unity of his poem. https://jba.shirazu.ac.ir/article_4063_2af52f84f68fd15892605ee2eb7b31b2.pdf