Document Type : Original Article

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1 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Shahrekord University, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences

2 Shahrekord, Shahrekord University, Faculty of Persian Language and Literature

10.30465/lir.2023.44812.1690

Abstract

According to Likoff and Johnson,the metaphor of anthropomorphism isontological metaphors through which abstract concepts get a human character and can be related to the attitude and action of the speakerThe object or phenomenon to be describedThe purpose of this research is to examine the anthropomorphism of the world in Hadiqaand Masnavi in order to show what human qualities these two poets used to givepersonality to the world and in this way,what attitude they aroused in the audienceThe results of theresearch show that Sanai have created the metaphor ofthe world as a human being by attributing the physical moral and social characteristics of humans to the worldThis metaphor includes two more detailed metaphorsthe world as a woman and the world as a human being with moralsocial characteristicsThe subcategories of the metaphorthe world as a woman which was created based on the type of understanding of marriage andfamily relationships,shows that in Sanai poetry,the world of a woman is more prominent and unlike Rumi,in addition to negative moral characteristics,this female world also has a physica andunpleasantappearance,which causes physical and sexual disgust and the audience's action is to avoid itIn themetaphor of the world as a human being with moralsocial characteristics which is also formed based on the knowledge ofsocialinteraction and interpersonal relationships,these two poets have addressed similar images of the world;with the difference that Sanai has portrayed the world as a humanbeing with a vere negative inner world;But in Rumis poetryhe is a human being with positive and negative moral and social characteristics

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