The Poetics of William Wordsworth and Nazer Qabbani: A Comparative Study

Abstract

This research draws lines of comparison between the English poet 'William Wordsworth' and the Arabian one 'Nazer Qabbani'. It tries to present the main affinities between these two poets in terms of their diction, nature of poetry and its sources. The research tries to shed light on a seemingly non-proved fact, for the common reader, that although Qabbani belongs to different cultural backgrounds and Ages, he reacted to Wordsworth’s poetics knowingly or unknowingly in a way to make it apt with the modern Arabian poetry and its cultural aspects. The present study presupposes that they completely agree in their 'theory' of poetics. However, it is not to be discarded that both write within the Romantic movement, having completely absorbed its sources. This research falls into three sections and a conclusion which sums up the main findings of the research. Section one dedicates itself to Wordsworth’s poetics and his main poetic contributions. Section two brings into light Qabbani’s poetics and his contribution. Section three compares between the two poets