The Image of Women in the Poetry of Mahyar AI Dailami

Abstract

The research dealt with the image of women in one of the poets of the Abbasid era, the poet Mahyar al-Dailami. His images expressed the breadth of his imagination and his poetic capabilities in exploiting reality in order to create poetic images, especially since women had a major presence in building the relationships of poetry and creating its language that carried the voice of the poet’s emotions. The study of these images was evident from two aspects. The first is the physical aspect represented by physical and sensual images. Poets in general, and Mihyar in particular, were interested in the physical aesthetic aspects of women and expressed their fascination with them in the manner of the early Arabs, despite his Magian origins. The characteristics of the Arab woman were the ideal model for him. The other side was devoted to moral qualities, as his poetry expressed a number of images that expressed the spiritual and moral qualities of women.