Elegy in Sharif Razi's Poetry

Sharif Razi has composed different poems on various subjects, and he was very good at all different poems, and could be distinguished with his authentic eloquence and his remarkable and inimitable ability to be highlighted among poets, in particular in elegy and crying on family, relatives, and describing the tribulation of time, and his odes in elegy appeared in passionate feelings and ebullient emotions. It is noteworthy to say that his odes in lamentation for Hussein is a full poetic example for poets who came after him and followed him in their tragedy for Hussein, And they imitated him in their tragedy for Hussein, and they had memorized his poems and had kept it. These few short elegies made Sharif Razi famous and led him to be a pioneer among his contemporaries. This paper is an attempt to examine his elegies as a proof of his unique talent.