Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 18، number In Volume 5، August 2025 ، issue Number 111

Study and Analysis of the stylistic use of Allusion in the poetry of Nadim Qaisari

Hassan Joya , Reza Chehraghani (Author in Charge)

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mirza Mohammad Yahya Nadim Qaisari is a contemporary Afghan poet who, like many of his fellow poets, is not well-known in Iran. The exploration and analysis of the diverse facets of Persian poetry in Afghanistan is one of the relatively overlooked areas in our literary community. This research, which aims to analyze the types, breadth, and rhetorical functions of allusion in Nadim’s collection, seeks to examine the extent and varieties of allusion in his poetry by providing samples from Nadim Qaisari’s works.

METHODOLOGY: This study is a theoretical investigation whose data has been gathered from library documents and has been analyzed using a combination of descriptive-analytical and statistical methods (specifying the frequency of each type of allusion). The scope of this research encompasses all poems included in the collected works of Nadim Qaisari, with an introduction by Mohammad Sarvar Molaei, published in 2011 by Erfan Publishing in Tehran.

FINDINGS: The findings reveal that Nadim Qaisari, through the selection of Quranic allusions, religious, mythological, historical, and literary figures, imitates certain characteristics of predecessors but has also introduced innovations in this regard.

CONCLUSION: From the analyses conducted on Nadim’s collected works, it can be concluded that the majority of Nadim Qaisari’s allusions pertain to religious, mythological, historical, and literary figures, serving a rhetorical function of brevity and aimed at persuasion and encouragement.

Keyword
Contemporary Afghan Poetry , Nadim Qaisari , Allusion , Mythological , Historical and Literary Figures.

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