Abstract

The present research, which is entitled "Imagery in Wafayi's Poetry; Metaphor as an example", is a descriptive analysis of Wafayi's Kurdish poems. Wafayi is one of the famous poets of classical Kurdish poetry in Mukrian region. He was the first poet to introduce the style of Babani's school to Mukrian region. His poems, by every means of rhetorical and aesthetic criteria, are of a high standard, and they are very rich concerning imagery.

The research consists of an introduction and three chapters:
In the first chapter is about the concept and the role of imagery in analyzing and studying structure of a poem and assigning the poetics of a text.

In the second chapter, the concept of metaphor is analyzed as the most important element in figurative language, as well as referring to the views of scholars and critics.

In the third chapter, metaphor and its types as elements of figurative language in Wafayi's poetry is studied through practicing it on his poetry.

The research ends in a number of conclusions, followed by Arabic and English abstracts.