Similarities Between Sohrab Sepehri and T. S. Eliot Based on Speech

Comparative literature, or contrastive literature, is a branch of literary criticism that discusses the literary relationships among nations and different languages and the interaction between the literatures of various peoples. The term "comparative literature" was first used by Wilmann, a French critic and professor at the Sorbonne University. Then, another French critic, Saint-Beuve, promoted it. The works of the contemporary Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri and T. S. Eliot, an American-British poet and literary critic, can be analyzed in the field of comparative literature. Despite climatic and linguistic differences, these two poets share commonalities in topics such as inclination toward the hidden layers of speech (metaphor), naturalism, dramatic monologue, and poetic language, and differ in other topics. Two examples of differences include the dispersion of adherence to meter and rhyme and the contrast and tension in poetic structure. The authors of the present study aim to analyze the similarities and contrasts of the thoughts of these two poets using a descriptive-analytical method, considering Sohrab Sepehri's familiarity with mysticism and Western literature and his particular attention to T. S. Eliot, which has led to the creation of similar images and motifs.

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T. S. Eliot ، Sohrab Sepehri ، Speech ، sameness