the mask and the mask of imam hussein (as) in the poetry of abdul wahab al-bayati

the direct voice of the poet hides from the beginning of the poem to its end, or the name that the poet speaks through which about himself detached from his or her substantiality, or he is just a historic character..., behind that the poet hides himself to interpret the situation that he wants or to criticize the vices of modern age through it, or to speak of it for some of his concerns and worries or to escape from the present by creating a replacement for it. we can say that the mask in arabic poetry has multiple factors, including: political factors, and social, artistic, cultural, and nationalism, and the mask has types, including: the religious and mystical, historical, and literary, and legendary, and public, and its patterns are simple, and composite and inventor. bayati employed the personality of imam hussein (as) in his divan that is not in a declarative way to enrich his poetical experience and to state his suffering and the tragedy of his people. the reincarnation of this mask to shed light on the arab indirectly and to highlight all its painful aspects and he balanced in his reincarnation to this mask between the contemporary experimental features and the traditional ones, looking for a helper in the loss of his homeland. the poet has creative power, so he employs the character that suites the modern needs.