A Comparative Study on the Aesthetics of Language and Structure in T.S. Eliot and Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry

Raed W. Jaradat and Dr. Hussein H. Zeidanin

Raed W. Jaradat and Dr. Hussein H. Zeidanin

Keywords: Eloit, Forest of Oak, Language, Mahmoud, Poem, Poetry, Speech

Abstract

This paper explores the insights and inspirations Mahmoud Darwish has received from other poets. The thematic and structural analysis the study conducts on T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and Mahmoud Darwish's "A Truce with the Mongols in the Forest of Oak" indicates that the two poems are narrated using a fragmented, ironic and symbolic language. Likewise, both purposefully repeat lexical items and syntactic structures, and abound with imageries and figures of speech.