A Comparative Study of Title Mechanism and Their Semantic Implications in the Poems of Sepideh Kashani and Somayyeh Esam Wadi

Titles in literary works include aesthetic and spiritual meanings and concepts and play an important role in attracting the reader's attention. In fact, due to revealing a part of the poet's mental state and inner nature, a title reveals aspects of his/her thoughts and makes it easy for the reader to understand the poem. This study examines and analyzes the mechanisms of the titles in the poems of "Sepideh Kashani" and "Somayyeh Esam Wadi" as two female poets in the resistance literature of Iran and Palestine. This research has adopted a descriptive-analytical method and is based on the American school in comparative literature. The results of this study show that both poets, in the light of using the title mechanism in their poetry, try to instill in the audience the idea of resistance against the occupying enemy, and on the other hand, increase the aesthetics and innovation of their works. Both poets seek to pave the way for the audience to access the structure of their poetry and to unveil their symbols and establish a link between the title and the theme of the poem through the title. Accordingly, this mechanism in their poems reflects various implications and goals that remove the veil from the form of their poems and encourages the reader to achieve the poetic reserves, inner emotions, and aesthetic effects of their poems. In the structure of the poetry of these two poets, titles revolve around a central idea, which is to continue resistance and sustainability.