A textual reading of Marha Ghailan's poem by Badr Shakir AlSayyab

Abstract

The study aimed at presenting an analytical textual reading of Marha Ghailan's poem by Bader Shakir al-Sayyab, who was distinguished by a great sense of patriotism among Iraqi people as a result of his enthusiastic poems or his participation in anti-imperialist activities. The researcher focused on reading the text from a critical perspective, trying to explore the elements of the text, and split its elements to provide a deeper knowledge, to achieve the objectives of the study. The study found a set of results, the most significant is that the poem showed how the poet used myth, religion, and nature to reach to nature and the truth of his happiness with his son as if the world was happy with the poet's son, the poet, and home. Furthermore, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab did not forget to talk about his past before his son was born, when he said: "If the earth is a cage of blood, nails and iron". The poet did not fail to describe the evil that greatly affected the poet's life, as he expressed his rejection to it, and his hatred to a bad reality that is unacceptable to human beings.