Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• mohammad فرخزاد

urmia university

Abstract

Color has always had a symbolic meaning among different peoples and cultures and reflected different thoughts and beliefs. Meanwhile, color in literary works has generally expressed the thoughts and beliefs of the poet or writer about a specific subject. The function of color in the poetry of poets who have dealt with color in their real lives can convey a deeper meaning. Manouchehr Sheibani is the first painter-poet whose reflection of color in his poems is extensive, deep, conceptual, and in many cases symbolic. This painter-poet published his first book of poems in the 1920s, in which “colors” had a broad reflection.In this study, by examining three poetry collections by Sheibani (Jirqeh, Atashkadeh Khamos, Mirages of the Desert), the function of concepts, ideas, and the reflection of symbolic and psychological manifestations of color was examined. By researching the types of colors in Sheibani’s poems, a downward trend in the use of colors is seen, which indicates a change in the poet’s political and social thoughts and beliefs towards personal emotions and feelings, which generally indicate his inner despair, pessimism, and hopelessness. The use of colors in the first book in most cases expresses an ironic and symbolic concept of people’s suffering and sorrow; however, the course of color from the book of Jirqeh to Mirages of the Desert loses its political and social function and gives way to personal despair and sorrow.

Keywords

• Color
• Manouchehr Sheibani
• symbols
• labor poetry
• personal emotions

Main Subjects

• ادبیات معاصر