The Analysis of Ritual Poetry in Hazeen Lahiji’s Divaan

Ritual Literature is inextricably linked to the Persian thought and culture, and ritual Poetry is an important part of Persian Literature, and the poets give it special importance and prestige. It has a special position and background in Persian language. Ritual Poetry is a kind of poetry which is composed on rituals and many occasions in individual, social, national, religious and regional life. This kind of poetry contains the praise of the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH), Imams (PBUT), etc. With the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Ritual Poetry enters a new and unprecedented stage, and poets, due to the religious and epic nature of the revolution, turn to the Ritual Poetry in a different way than in the past. This study aims to investigate the position of the Ritual Poetry in the Divaan of one of the well-known poets of Guilan province, Hazeen Lahiji; and his Ritual poems, which are composed in the praise of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), Imams (PBUT) etc., will be analyzed. The results of this study show that Hazeen Lahiji has paid special attention to great human virtues of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Imams (PBUT) in his poems.