Coleridge and al-Sayyab : revolutionery figures in composing poetry

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The paper examines one of the major influnces on comparative literature which is Romanticism.

In order to do that it studies the poetry of two famous romantic poets: Coleridge and Al-sayyab.

Although they lived in two different ages and places and wrote in two different languages they both dwelled on similar subjects and shared one spirit.This paper examines and compares two poetic experiments.

Although they are two different expermints, they belong to one literary movement that is Romanticism.

Samuel Coleridge and Bader Al-Sayyab represent a revolution on the classics.

Coleridge is one of the most famous figures of the Romantics in the beginning of the nineteenth century.

He tended to write about the human soul and nature and their unity; he looked at poetry as the embodiment of human feelings.

And through the use of the pronoun "I", he describes the romantic poet of all humanity.

Al-Sayyab is considered as a literary icon in the Romantic Arab movement and a pioneer of renewing the poetic spirit and inventing free-verse poetry.The paper sheds light on the similarities in the two poets' poetry and lives.

It pinpoints the influence of the east on Coloeridge and westren shades in Al-Sayyab's poetry.

In addition, this research proves that Coleridge and Al-sayyab are canonical figures.