METAPHORICAL ARTS IN THE MEM AND ZIN

Ahmedi Khani is from famous poets of classical Kurdish literature. He has given very precious works for Kurdish. Mem and Zin which are the most important work of Khani has a great value in many ways. Mem and Zin masnavi is a love work; but it has been written to prove the ability of Kurdish in literature field. For this purpose Khani has adorned that work with so many literary arts to show the level of Kurdish language. Our study subject is a kind of literary arts too. We are going to put emphasis on metaphorical arts which are one of the four literary kinds. There is simile in different forms in metaphorical arts. In this context we are going to put emphasis on six figurative arts. Revealing these works and recognizing them will be a step to understand the value of this work