The Process of Interpretation in the Reception of Irony (The Case Study of the Poem Nazaf Al-Habib'O shaqaeq Al-Nomaan By Mahmoud Darwish)

Irony is a tool for authors developed in linguistic terms using charming, integrated, and technical methods. An ironic expression has different purposes to make the words understood for recipients without expressing the words directly. This is because the author tends to avoid possible negative feedbacks. In this way, he can prevent the recipients from accurate comprehension. Thus, the recipients guess these mental images and think them possible. Since the irony is required to be comprehended in any situation, the recipient uses the mechanism of interpretation. The present analytical study aimed to investigate the ironic aspects of the poem Nazaf Al-Habib'O shaqaeq Al-Nomaan written by the contemporary poet Mahmoud Darwish. The results of the present study showed that, in this poem, the use of irony along with practical skills, linguistic and rhetorical awareness, and multiple reading strategies keep the recipient away from comprehending the author’s point of view. It can be concluded that interpretations arise from the use of irony in poems make a word more beautiful and clearer so that the recipient could get the content of it.