Studying the components of common language in Persian lyric poetries: Iraj and Houbara, Zohreh & Manouchehr

Language is one of the main components of culture giving rise to the formation of communication and exchange of ideas. The folk language which has been used in Persian literary works considered as both one of the treasures of Persian literature and spiritual elements embedded in folk culture. It is an integral part of folk culture and literature, which includes beliefs, myths, parables, songs, etc. The use of folk or common language, is more evident in the literature of Constitutional period. The poetry of this period appears to be more of a demonstration for general approbation than for specific. Accordingly, the descriptive-analytical method has been used in this study to investigate the four elements of common language including lexicon, idioms, allusions and proverbs in the latest Persian lyrics namely "Zohreh and Manouchehr" composed by Iraj Mirza and "Iraj and Houbara" composed by Qasem Larbon. The findings suggest that although there is a similarity in prosody, form, content and linguistic features of these two rhymed systems, the common language usage seems to be less in "Iraj and Houbara" than "Zohreh and Manouchehr" due to the time in which the use of idioms , parables and boilerplate was inevitable.Language of poetry applied by Iraj Mirza has also been influenced by such language while it is more close to the standard language in the works of Larbon.