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- آدرس کوتاه شده مقاله: https://bahareadab.com/article_id/2045
- کد IranDOI مقاله: IranDOI :10.irandoi.2002/bahareadab.2026 .19 .8259
volume Number : 19
number In Volume : 5
issue Number : 123
Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 19،
number In Volume 5،
،
issue Number 123
Analysis and Comparison of Persian Poetic Meter with Poetic Meters in Other Languages
Mohammad Hassan Arjomandifar (Author in Charge), Mahmoud Fazalid
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This article, derived from a postdoctoral research project funded by the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) entitled “Measuring Poetic Meter in Non-Persian Languages through the She"r-Ahang Method,” examines poetic meter in fourteen foreign languages. It is based on the hypothesis that the She"r-Ahang approach is capable of analyzing and classifying poetic meter across different languages and that its theoretical framework is applicable to the languages investigated in this study.
METHODOLOGY: The present study is a theoretical-comparative investigation conducted through library-based research. It examines the metrical systems of poetry in fourteen languages from four linguistic groups—quantity-based, stress-based, tone-based, and mora-based—within the framework of the Poetic Rhythm Theory. For each language, relevant sources on its linguistic structure and metrical traditions were reviewed. The major poetic meters were identified, and two representative samples from each meter were selected and analyzed. Samples were chosen purposively to represent the principal metrical patterns of each language and enable cross-linguistic comparison. This study is based solely on published sources and does not include consultation with native speakers.
CONCLUSION: The languages examined in this study can be classified into four syllabic structures: quantity-based, stress-based, mora-based, and tone-based. Since the She"r-Ahang framework was originally developed on the basis of a quantity-based structure, the other prosodic structures were first converted into a quantity-based model for analysis. Subsequently, Japanese (mora-based), Chinese (tone-based), English, German, and Russian (stress-based), as well as Sanskrit, Hindi, Greek, Latin, Urdu, Turkish, Italian, French, and Spanish (quantity-based), were analyzed through the She"r-Ahang framework. The findings provide supporting evidence for the applicability of She"r-Ahang theory to the analysis of metrical systems across different languages. However, broader studies are required before these results can be generalized to all languages of the world.
Keyword
She’rāhang Method
, Poetic Meter
, Poetry
, Language
, Persian
, Foreign Languages
, Comparative Study
, Research.
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