A Content-Based Analysis of Shahriar's ?man Mustatisi: A Linguistic Perspective

The study aims at investigating one of Shahriar's Azerbaijani poems, namely, İman Müştətisi from content-based analysis perspective. Applying the mentioned method, the results show that for Shahriar his faith in God is like his humanity that is a cure for his pain. As far as the content-based analysis of the poem is concerned, some concepts have the same values and they are equal for Shahriar. The mentioned concepts are God, humanity, his country, his hometown Tabriz and his mother. An interesting point is the fact that the poet terminates his poem by praising his poetry as Shakespeare in his sonnet 60 did the same. Shahriar has utilized a political viewpoint in this work. He criticizes Russia and England for attempting to enter Iran. Using a paradoxical paradigm in his poem, Shahriar shows the dilemmas he faces in his life regarding related events.

Keywords: Mohammad Hossein Shahriar; Content-based analysis; Azerbaijani literature.