Humanized Image in Al-Buhturi’s Poetry: An Aesthetic Reading

Document Type : Original Article

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Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences - Kuwait

Abstract

The study delved into the contemporary discourse on the use of humanized image in Al-Buhturi's poetry, considering it as a technical mechanism employed by Al-Buhturi to reveal the effectiveness of the beauty of personified images. The researcher opted for the title of the research to be labeled as " humanized Image in Al-Buhturi's Poetry: Aesthetic Reading" for reasons stated in the introduction of the study. The study unveiled the patterns of humanized image in Al-Buhturi's poetry, which varied between diagnosing the perceptible and the abstract through an artistic image that captured its beauty through the utilization of this feature. The diverse elements of nature, both solid and living, emerged as a rich source for employing humanized image in Al-Buhturi's poetry. Additionally, the abstract and the moral were given a significant diagnostic space in Al-Buhturi's poetry, often associated with the context of praise. The element of imaginative fantasy in its personified form served as evidence of the poet's aesthetic taste and the skillful employment of it. Moreover, most humanized images in Al-Buhturi's poetry relied on the interplay of the senses, bestowing upon them a clear aesthetic pleasure.

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