structural analysis of jawaheri’s poems: a case study of two religious odes

today, it is clear that literature is an event that becomes apparent within the context of language; since it is language that gives form and identity to it. in fact language is a system of phonetic, grammatical, and lexical to express thoughts and feelings. with the coming of formalism then structuralism, critics became of the conviction that a literary work should be studied without any backgrounds. in analysing a literary work, the text should be considered on its own rather than dealing with areas outside the domain of literature. accordingly, the present article aims to employ a structural analysis, which is part of linguistic analysis. by using theories and applying them to poetical works on two religious odes of a great contemporary iraqi poet, mohammad mahdi jawaheri, the paper seeks to explore a common structure which is due to the linguistic features of the poet. although reaching a common and fixed structure is achievable through analysis of a large collection of literary works. some of the findings indicate that foot and metre in both odes are related to their content. assonance and consonance in both odes are well placed to serve the poet's thought and affectivity and on the other hand deviation and defamiliarization leads to poetic language in both odes.