Aesthetic Analysis of Nizami’s Haft Peykar

Every one use "Beauty" for every things that make him/her happy so it is not expected just one definition is presented for this concept. In other hand proposed theories of aesthetic just focus on certain aspect of "Beauty" so it cannot be considered as a principal frame. Undoubtedly poem as one of the most important branches of art can be aesthetically analyzed, but it is difficult to answer to this question "How beauty is created and what criteria should be considered. From years ago, Iranian poets and writers have spoken about beauty, but they have not presented a clear definition and precise criteria .concept and nature of beauty have been briefly explained by Nezami in" Haft peykar". Nezami has implicitly divided the beauty in two species look, material and real (spiritual). Nezami's emphasis on impermanence of the physical beauty and his order to transition from Physical beauty to spiritual beauty, showing his metaphysical beliefs about real beauty. Same as ancient Greek philosophers, especially Plato and Neo-Platonism, he knows the beauty as a heavenly and spiritual sense and also he believes that real beauty is connected with pure simplicity, while Non beauty phenomenon, is emptied of any spiritual concept and infected with destructive lust. Nezami’s great attention to spiritual beauty in compare to physical beauty has affected his view regarding poem beauty, in other words he searches beautifulness of poem in sublime beauty of the poem and doesn’t consider literal beautifulness but there is a paradox between this Nezami statement and what is comprehended from his poem. Nezami is one of the most famous poets of Azerbaijani poetry style. Literal and spiritual complexity and various techniques of literary and linguistic are important features of Azerbaijani style. At this time period, consideration to literary and linguistic techniques to outshine the others .has made this poem style very complicated and requires interpretation. Haft Paykar is one the most beautiful Persian lyric poem which has been considered by other poets from a long time ago.  This poem with regard to the rhythm, ironic imaginary language, the word selection, beautiful descriptions, strong imagination, harmony between the image and emotion, artistic techniques, innovation in combination the history and legend, and deep concepts. Is worthy of analysis and thoughtful review. Although some of figures of speech at this poem are not without mannerism and this characteristic together with rhythmic limitation and language insufficient decreases the Beautifulness of many verses, but by ignoring this advantage, Haft Peykar can be considered as one of the most beautiful Persian poems. In this article, the most important aesthetic elements in the poem have been studied.