An Aesthetic Study of Musical Harmony in the Elegies Divan of Abdul Razzaq Abdul Wahid

Music is a tool of connection between words and meanings. Through music, the audience can communicate better with the creator of the literary work and become aware of his inner feelings and emotions. As much as the connection between words and the meanings is better, the music that arises from it sits better in the hearts and causes the audience to be overjoyed. The present study examines the structure of musical harmony in the ode Fe Rehab al-Hussein</em> in the divan of the contemporary Iraqi poet, namely, Abdul Razzaq Abdul Wahid. The ode has a beautiful rhythmic structure and expresses the poet's sincere and sad feelings towards the supreme leader of the martyrs Imam Hussein and his family (AS). In the present study, the author examined some characteristics in the ode while providing an introduction to the importance and position of the ode as well as an introduction to the elements of external and internal rhythm by using a descriptive-analytical method. The results showed that the poet has excellent poetic and musical skills in a way that its author has been able to express the meanings in his mind through the art of rhythm, harmony, and musical coherence between the structure and theme in the poem desirably and prominently. This shows his creative power in using literary tools.