ILIYA ABU MÂDI AS A ROMANTIC POET: AN OVER VIEW

Iliya Abu Mâd. î is one of the prolific poets of Mahjar Literature. Indeed, he faced different phases of life, which is full of hardship that led him to have a composition of imaginative poetry in various fields. His poetry on nature falls in the category of romanticism. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the romantic imagination of Abu Mâd. î especially relating to natural poetry. He philosophically made a reflection in his poetry of the human life as beautiful portraiture and existence. The poet recalls that man should not rebel against the fate destined for him but accept it with grace. As romanticism goes, Iliya Abu Mâd. î was nostalgic for the homeland as and when he was aloof from motherland; and in this connection, he also composed a patriotic poem. His imagination extends towards human life and its riddle endowed with philosophical enquiry and the natural expressions. In fact, his verse finds smooth and lucid in an expression of his ideas. As such, scholars are of the opinion that there is full of the portrayal of romanticism in his poetry; in which his imaginative expression is employed to the great extent.