Pessimism and Desperation in Abo Alqtahyaa's Poems

Abstract

This research paper deals with the poems of the ascetic poet: Abo Alqtahyaa and his pessimistic and gloomy view towards life, and how he manages to solve the social as well as the political problems in a very simple and clear diction. Throughout his poems, the poet tackles with the falsity and disappearance of life. Being pessimistic, the poet, on one hand, holds a very gloomy view about life, while on the other hand, he is totally hopeless person even about the duities of human beings in the day of resurrection. In addition, he used to escape from punishment and recompense which are clear in his poetical works. He que stioned Man and his existences in this world and how he was hopeless to know this complicated universe.