comparative study between Zal-o-Roudabeh and Sam-o-Paridokht (secondary function: question mood and vocative mood,

Mood sentences can have secondary functions and implied indication in addition to first functions. Application of secondary intentions in literature text improve aesthetics mood of text and increases its literariness and effectiveness. Hidden meaning layers can be found in Lyric literary texts more than any of literary genres; duo to abstract nature and having multi layers of sense and imaginations texture Nevertheless, studying in masterpieces epic works shows that epic poets are interested to this and found it helpful for better transferring of massages and deeper effects on readers. This article, at first studies secondary functions and implied indications in the two epic-lyric texts “Zal -O- Roudabeh” of Shahnameh, and “Sam-O-Paridokht” of Samnameh attributed to Khajoo-ye-Kermani. Then through the comparative perspective, studied the implied indications of the question and vocative mood that have the most frequency in two text, and considered them as a criterion of epic or lyric mentality of poets.