The Memory of War in the Poetry of Adnan al-Sayegh

Abstract

This research presents a new vision of the poet's memory in the real-life wars (battlefields) he fights on the ground, and the crises these wars leave behind that haunt the poet for many years, or perhaps until the last moment of his life. These crises negatively impact the poet and make him feel like he's carrying a ticking time bomb. Whenever it appears, the disappointed feelings and emotions he carries within him explode. The memory of war in Adnan Al-Sayegh's poetry is an extremely important topic, given this poet's vast poetic output related to war, and the crucial role memory plays in revealing what the poet experienced during the harsh days of war. As they run breathlessly to demonstrate the beauty of the text as a vessel containing information and as a transmission center at the time of call, without a doubt, Al-Sayegh's war poems will remain a literary and historical document. He depicted war in all its details, from the smallest detail to the deepest, presenting us with vivid and realistic images that are clear to the reader. These images contain a tremendous amount of melancholy, terror, and even death. These repulsive images that appear in most war poems may be an attempt by the poet to warn people and distance them from war, as it is the cause of disaster and destruction on all levels, and it is the source of rancor and hatred. Keywords: memory, war, Adnan Al-Sayegh, painful memory, failed years.