The social remarks reflected in poetry of a poet are potentially important because they entail
some valuable information and first hand understanding of the lifestyle of the poet and those
living in the society during the era. But it seems that the reflection of such information in
poetry does not solely contain the sociology aspect and the poet is forced to reflect such issues
in his poems to be creative in literature. Accordingly, the major question in the present research
is whether a poet can succeed in imaging and conceptualization of the literary ideas without
dealing with social issues and topics in his era or not? Vahshi-e-Bafghi was one of the mostly
well-known and famous poets in 10th Hejri century (991-939) who has been one of the most
talented poets and he could compose many poems using the literary concepts and images. In the
present study we have analyzed the images and concept proposed by him based on the remarks
he has made on the issues such as pigeon and keeping pigeons. The results showed that Vahshi
could create genuine and dynamic images due to his knowledge of the characteristics and habits
and general beliefs of the common people and their beliefs about pigeons.
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