a comparative study of common romantic concepts in “hasht ketab” by sohrab sepehri and selected poems by william wordsworth

comparative literature is an important area of literarystudies with a long history. the comparative study of writers and poets canshed light on the impact of various thoughts among different cultures. sohrabsepehri, as one of the eminent contemporary poets of iran, and williamwordsworth, one of the founders of romantic poetry in england are chosen forthis research. the employment of some romantic concepts are among the commonpoetical aspects of sepehri and wordsworth. this research is based on thefollowing basic principles of romanticism: nature and childhood nostalgia,ambiguous locations and, death wish, , individualism and self image and thenotion of poet- prophet, and the love of birthplace and country. the currentresearch demonstrates that all of the above mentioned romantic elements,central to wordsworth, are also observable in sepehri’s work. thus bringign thetwo poets extremely close in terms of the employment of romantic concepts.