A Comparative Study of JalaloddinAzod and Sadi's Sonnets

Sonnet is one of the most significant poetic forms in expressing different themes, especially romantic and mystic ones. Sadi is considered as one of the highest summits of Persian sonnet from the 8th century onward. He influenced many of the later poets specially the 8thcentury poets including Khaje Hafez, KhajuKermani, EmadeFagih. …. One of the best followers of Sadi in composing sonnet is SayyedJalaloddinEbn-e SayyedAzododdinYazdi known as "Jalal", who is an 8th century poet and a contemporary of Hafez. This study compares the sonnets of Jalal Azodwith those of Sadi,and concludes that Jalal has been influenced by Sadi in different fields of theme, image, structure of discourse, combination and interpretation, meter, rhyme and radif.