ملخص الجهاز:
Elements of Persian Poetry Criticism In the field of Persian poetry criticism, the main contents of the book can be summarized as follows: linguistic criticism ("vocabulary and compounds, musical criticism"), semantic and emotional themes, rhetorical criticism (imagery, imagination, verbal arts, and verbal embellishments), poetic form and structures, the relationship between form and meaning, criticism through comparison between poets, and aesthetic criticism.
In this Tazkira-ye Khushgu, numerous examples can also be found; Khushgu makes general references to the poetic vocabulary and compounds of a poet and sometimes proceeds to correct them, among which the following cases can be mentioned: While presenting a verse by Ghulam Ali Azad Bilgrami (d.
1180 AH / 1766 AD): ای وای بر اسیری کز یاد رفته باشد در دام مانده باشد، صیاد رفته باشد In this theme, the faqir, the author Khushgu, has accepted this verse as being of the same color: آواز تیشه امشب از بیستون نیامد شاید به خواب شیرین فرهاد رفته باشد 2 ـ Semantic and Emotional Themes While introducing and examining the poems of poets, Khushgu makes many general references to the element of "meaning and content," and some of them are presented through phrasing.
While examining the poets' poetry, the author makes many general references to the element of "imagination," some of which are presented as phrasing.
Some Persian Tazkira writers of this century have paid attention to various types of the relationship between form and meaning, but Khushgo, in criticizing some poets, refers to the "proportion and harmony of language and meaning.