The black color, its forms and aesthetics in the poetry of Abi Al-Alaa Al-Ma'arri (A psychological analytical study)

Abstract

In the modern era, many studies have appeared in psychology, which are looking at the significance of color, its importance, and its psychological and aesthetic role in understanding human thoughts and intentions. Especially when color is used by a genius writer with a delicate sense; At that time, color was not less important than words, musical structure, and style, and was considered one of the most important ways to reveal the intentions and purposes of the text. As for when the blind poet uses color in his poetry, this employment has another novelty and great importance, because despite his lack of sight, he uses color with his perception and mind. One of these colors is black, the color that the blind see the world with, and it is more important and frequent in the poetry of the blind. One of the prominent Arab poets who has a great genius in Arabic poetry is Abu Al-Ala Al-Maari. He is Ali, despite his lack of sight, receiving matters and affairs and understanding the major human issues with a deep and radical understanding. So, there is no doubt that he uses colors with their subtleties and important connotations in his poetry, especially the black color, which the poet dealt with repeatedly throughout his life. So this study, due to the importance of employing color in Maarri's poetry, especially the importance of black color and its leading connotations, envisages to study the aesthetics of this color and its functions in his poetic collection through the descriptive-analytical approach. The result concluded that the poet used this color in different forms, such as the color of the crow, the eye, the zinc, etc., and presented negative and positive dual aesthetics.