A New Approach to Persian Poetry Meters from Linguistics and Rhythm Viewpoints

This study investigates the rhythm in Persian poetry based on what Persian native speakers read and perceive, not based on current postulated metrical rules. The study has been done from the perspective of rhythm and linguistics (by parsing the stressed syllables). It is hypothesized that there is a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: mohamad mirzayi, Shahram Naghshbandi, Hosein Meisami, Yadollah Shokri
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Semnan University 2020-02-01
Series:مطالعات زبانی و بلاغی
Subjects:
Online Access:https://rhetorical.semnan.ac.ir/article_4293_7382bdcd37d472ed4972bb8301fb8845.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1841527781801852928
author mohamad mirzayi
Shahram Naghshbandi
Hosein Meisami
Yadollah Shokri
author_facet mohamad mirzayi
Shahram Naghshbandi
Hosein Meisami
Yadollah Shokri
author_sort mohamad mirzayi
collection DOAJ
description This study investigates the rhythm in Persian poetry based on what Persian native speakers read and perceive, not based on current postulated metrical rules. The study has been done from the perspective of rhythm and linguistics (by parsing the stressed syllables). It is hypothesized that there is a difference between current postulated metrical rules of Persian poetry and the way it is read naturally by Persian native speakers. Fifty verses with different metrics from the 3rd to 15th century's poets were chosen based on their frequency of use in Persian poetry. Then they were given to 20 people who could read poetry correctly and they were recorded. Other than briefing and providing a sample, they were asked to tap on the tables rhythmically like what they do in clapping. Around 900 audio files were analyzed and the place of stress in syllables were determined. Some patterns were found through the analysis. Then the major patterns were picked based on their frequency. Based on the prominent pattern, the suggested parsing were proposed. It was indicated that Persian speakers perceive the alteration in verse initial metrics in addition to the alteration in verse final metrics. They do rhythmic parsing differently from the traditional postulated metrics. They keep reading different rhymes in iterative patterns. Therefore, it has been suggested that verses can be parsed based on the number of the short syllables, but not the number of syllables as hypothesized in traditional Persian metrics.
format Article
id doaj-art-c655b3767c794fc69ba3da1907ea18c6
institution Kabale University
issn 2008-9570
2717-090X
language fas
publishDate 2020-02-01
publisher Semnan University
record_format Article
series مطالعات زبانی و بلاغی
spelling doaj-art-c655b3767c794fc69ba3da1907ea18c62025-01-15T08:10:30ZfasSemnan Universityمطالعات زبانی و بلاغی2008-95702717-090X2020-02-01102041744810.22075/jlrs.2019.16987.14044293A New Approach to Persian Poetry Meters from Linguistics and Rhythm Viewpointsmohamad mirzayi0Shahram Naghshbandi1Hosein Meisami2Yadollah Shokri3student of persian literature in semnan universityFaculty Member, General Linguistics Department, Semnan UniversityTehran UniversitySemnan UniversityThis study investigates the rhythm in Persian poetry based on what Persian native speakers read and perceive, not based on current postulated metrical rules. The study has been done from the perspective of rhythm and linguistics (by parsing the stressed syllables). It is hypothesized that there is a difference between current postulated metrical rules of Persian poetry and the way it is read naturally by Persian native speakers. Fifty verses with different metrics from the 3rd to 15th century's poets were chosen based on their frequency of use in Persian poetry. Then they were given to 20 people who could read poetry correctly and they were recorded. Other than briefing and providing a sample, they were asked to tap on the tables rhythmically like what they do in clapping. Around 900 audio files were analyzed and the place of stress in syllables were determined. Some patterns were found through the analysis. Then the major patterns were picked based on their frequency. Based on the prominent pattern, the suggested parsing were proposed. It was indicated that Persian speakers perceive the alteration in verse initial metrics in addition to the alteration in verse final metrics. They do rhythmic parsing differently from the traditional postulated metrics. They keep reading different rhymes in iterative patterns. Therefore, it has been suggested that verses can be parsed based on the number of the short syllables, but not the number of syllables as hypothesized in traditional Persian metrics.https://rhetorical.semnan.ac.ir/article_4293_7382bdcd37d472ed4972bb8301fb8845.pdfmetricsrhythmbahrpersian poetryprosody
spellingShingle mohamad mirzayi
Shahram Naghshbandi
Hosein Meisami
Yadollah Shokri
A New Approach to Persian Poetry Meters from Linguistics and Rhythm Viewpoints
مطالعات زبانی و بلاغی
metrics
rhythm
bahr
persian poetry
prosody
title A New Approach to Persian Poetry Meters from Linguistics and Rhythm Viewpoints
title_full A New Approach to Persian Poetry Meters from Linguistics and Rhythm Viewpoints
title_fullStr A New Approach to Persian Poetry Meters from Linguistics and Rhythm Viewpoints
title_full_unstemmed A New Approach to Persian Poetry Meters from Linguistics and Rhythm Viewpoints
title_short A New Approach to Persian Poetry Meters from Linguistics and Rhythm Viewpoints
title_sort new approach to persian poetry meters from linguistics and rhythm viewpoints
topic metrics
rhythm
bahr
persian poetry
prosody
url https://rhetorical.semnan.ac.ir/article_4293_7382bdcd37d472ed4972bb8301fb8845.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT mohamadmirzayi anewapproachtopersianpoetrymetersfromlinguisticsandrhythmviewpoints
AT shahramnaghshbandi anewapproachtopersianpoetrymetersfromlinguisticsandrhythmviewpoints
AT hoseinmeisami anewapproachtopersianpoetrymetersfromlinguisticsandrhythmviewpoints
AT yadollahshokri anewapproachtopersianpoetrymetersfromlinguisticsandrhythmviewpoints
AT mohamadmirzayi newapproachtopersianpoetrymetersfromlinguisticsandrhythmviewpoints
AT shahramnaghshbandi newapproachtopersianpoetrymetersfromlinguisticsandrhythmviewpoints
AT hoseinmeisami newapproachtopersianpoetrymetersfromlinguisticsandrhythmviewpoints
AT yadollahshokri newapproachtopersianpoetrymetersfromlinguisticsandrhythmviewpoints