Lingual and literary features of passion play of Abolfazl Excellency as presented in the anthology of the village" Sarkhong"

The poems in the passion play, as a part of story literature, are significant and worth considering. One of the characteristics of the Passion play which has been considered and examined a little is the lingual and literary features of passion play anthologies. This paper tries to examine the poetry of the passion play through content analysis. The results of the study reveal that the anthology of Sarkhong village has special lingual and literary significance compared with similar anthologies. In this anthology, the number of the poetical meters used in the melody is 22 which helps to the variety of tones by reciters. The most important characteristic of "passion play" are the use of slang words and combinations, Arabic words and expressions, ironical combinations and interpretations, and tendency towards antiquity. The literary significance of "passion play" is both due to ' literal graces and internal music ', which is manifested in various ways through repetition, and the application of semantic graces such as contradiction, exaggeration, allusion, proverbial quotation, and the beautiful use of imaginative figures such as different similes and metaphors that add to its literary riches.