Linguistic Highlights in Burqa’i’s Poetry Based on Leach's Linguistic Model

The present study elaborates on the linguistic highlights in poems by Seyed Hamidreza Burqa’i (1983) based on the linguistic model of Jeffrey Leach (1936-2014). Burqa’i’s ritual poems have a distinguished status compared to contemporary poets due to their prominent linguistic factors, including deviation, and regulatory enhancement.

This study used an analytical-descriptive method and aimed at answering the following three research questions: 1) Which factors of highlighting are seen in Burqa’i's pomes? 2) Which elements is he most skilled at using? And 3) How effective is his linguistic highlighting for conveying the poet's emotions and thoughts? To answer these questions, the researchers have deployed Jeffrey Leach's linguistic model.

This study showed that Burqa’i used both deviation and regulatory enhancement (balance) elements in his poetry. Semantic deviation and semantic regulatory enhancement in Burqa’i’s poetry were more than other categories of highlighting. Among semantic elements metaphors, kenning, and similes respectively have the higher use. In terms of regulatory enhancement elements, semantic similarity factors have a higher frequency.

Therefore, it is argued that the factors of linguistic highlights, along with the eloquent and fluent language of the poet, indicate the poet's ability to use various linguistic capabilities and elevate his position.