A Review of the Concept of Pain in Qeysar Aminpour's Poems

Qeysar Aminpour is a well-known contemporary poet in Persian literature. Having composed many poems about the Iranian Islamic revolution, he could open a new window to contemporary literature and be a model for the new generation. The innovative images of the war scenes, the expression of the social pains and problems, and the creation of new expressions especially war expressions have made his poetry strong and attractive. His poetic language is strong and glorious as well as soft, delicate, simple, and fluent. An important aspect of his poetic style is to use Koranic, religious, and historical figures as models. One outstanding concept in his poems is complaints about the social problems, which has caused the word pain and its relevant senses to be highly frequent in his poetry. The present article, focusing on the content and meanings of his social poems, studies his literary and poetic style. It also focuses on the extent to which his geographic situation influenced his mentality and morale and why his poems are painful and sad.