The poetics of color formation in Ibn al-Rumi

Abstract

Talking about the poetics of color in Ibn al-Rumi’s poetry is a long discussion that is almost endless. The poet realized the characteristics of colors and the poetics of things, so he combined them and invested the semantic energies of things with the chromatic energies they radiate. Sometimes he mentioned the word color without mentioning its essence, believing that merely mentioning the word leads to multiple connotations, especially if it is associated with something. Mentioning the word color associated with it helps him to unleash his semantic energies. Another time, he suggests color without mentioning it, relying on the thing associated with it, which makes his suggestion perceptible and tangible. We see him thirdly explicitly mentioning color, investing all its semantic dimensions and suggestive aspects. His mention of color is not merely for the sake of a perceptible visual sense, but rather what this mentioned color carries of connotations is his ultimate goal