Klasik Arap Şiirinde “Yaşlılık”
Old Age in Classic Arab Poetry

Summary/Abstract: Mankind who loves life from the first moment of being becomes more attached to life with the increasing number of other people he meets and connects with as he gets older. However, the old age, which informs the end of the life, which is celebrated with the close relations of parents, son and grandchildren and the separation is getting closer, resembles late afternoon and late autumn. The period of old age, which heralds the dark night and cold winters, expresses a sad period in terms of the enthusiastic human nature with the desire to survive. The phenomenon of old age is one of the themes of literature that draws attention from emotional intensities. In almost every language literature, the old age, which is mentioned with self-complaint, is one of the subjects that are frequently studied especially in Arabic literature. Almost all of the great poets of classical Arabic literature spoke of old age.

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