DESCRIPTIONS OF ROYAL STAMPS IN CLASSICAL OTTOMAN POETRY |
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Prof. Ahmet MERMER |
Two worlds are spoken of in viewing life; one is the world
experienced through five senses, the other is the world of arts. In terms of these two
worlds, Classical Ottoman Literature is more abstract than other types of literature. It
is the literature that preferred the world of arts. For the poets of this literature,
skill and dexterity are of the utmost importance. In this type of literature, the skill is
to change the names of things or phenomena by means of various types of metaphor, and to
discover more perfect, more beautiful and more exciting aspects of those things and
phenomena. The art in Classical Literature is to approach various metaphoric properties
and try to express them. The goal of poetry is to make sure that a metaphor is properly
used for the structure and essence of the thing and phenomenon in question. Poets tried to
express the same object with similar metaphors using as many various images as possible.
In this respect, Classical Poetry abounds in images. Images in poetry are not only
ornamental but also functional properties. Therefore, this study investigates poems
written about royal stamps reflecting the ornamental and functional properties of images.
Royal stamp is "leit- motif", that is the main property in such poems. Besides
the formal properties in royal stamps material as well as spiritual power of Ottoman
dynasty were occasionally expressed. Common points in poems in question are listed one by
one, and comparisons are made among themselves. Classical poets tried to show in their
poems the art and magnificence of the Ottomans. |
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