The Aesthetics of Plants in the Poetry of Zahir bin Awad Al-Almai: A Descriptive and Analytical Study

This study examines the aesthetics of plants in the poetry of Zahir bin Awad Al-Almai, focusing on how to transform plant vocabulary derived from his southern environment into a system that reflects emotional, national, and religious values. The study aims to uncover the artistic function of this vocabulary and demonstrate the poet's skill in generating profound connotations by blending the sensory and spiritual realms, while highlighting his awareness of the use of rhetorical tools. The study relied on the inductive, descriptive, and analytical approach, analyzing linguistic phenomena related to plants at the lexical, morphological, and syntactic levels, and interpreting their aesthetic functions within the context of the poems. The study is divided into an introduction and four chapters: the first deals with plant locations; the second with plant parts; the third with plant types and agricultural acts; and a conclusion. The results showed that the poet achieved great semantic flexibility, as the plant vocabulary transformed from a direct descriptive connotation to a comprehensive symbolism of fertility, renewal, and immortality. He employed analytical techniques such as personification, semantic and spatial contrast, and diversification between singular and plural forms to enhance the text's movement and vitality. The study recommends applying the descriptive-analytical inductive method to other semantic fields (such as color, sound, and animals) to enrich specialized critical reading of Al-Almai's poetry.