Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 19، number In Volume 6، September 2026 ، issue Number 124

Study and analysis of proverbs and proverbial sayings as a genre along with an analysis of its artistic structures.

Saghar Salmaninejad Mehrabadi (Author in Charge), Alireza Fouladi , Fatemeh Pourrezaei

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Proverbs and maxims, with their rich history, have been of interest in the admonitions since long ago and have generally emerged from . Genre is one of the new types of literary sciences whose main subject is to classify literary works in terms of content and form into limited and specific groups. proverbs and maxims. A proverb or maxim is any short and

common saying, usually in the form of a clichéd expression, expressing a symbolic state with a deep and admonishing meaning and having numerous examples that liken the subject or event under debate and discussion to it. "Promise; the plural of wisdom refers to advice, counsel, or moral sayings that, if acted upon, lead to salvation."

METHODOLOGY: method used in this study is descriptive and analytical. In this regard, several questions about the theoretical foundations and definition of poetry were posed to 6 chatbots. The answers of each of these chatbots were different in appearance; but in terms of the basics, they were close and similar. The chatbots were somewhat successful in defining and presenting the basics of poetry; but in the end, when they were asked to create a poem with a few words; all six chatbots simply created sentences with literary imagery; but meter and music were not used in most of these writings.

FINDINGS: In this study, in addition to extracting genre signs, the aesthetic basis of proverbs and sayings has also been expressed through statistical comparison, and it has been shown which of the artistic constructs in proverbs and sayings have a higher frequency, which have a lower frequency, and how artistic constructs affect literary form.

CONCLUSION: According to the studies and findings of this research, based on the comparison of genre characteristics in proverbs and sayings, it can be introduced as a genre by having an age and background, having a tone and a way of presentation. In addition, by analyzing the artistic structures of Dehkhoda"s proverbs and sayings from the perspective of rhetoric, we found that the basis of artistic structures is music, literary devices and other combinations in the shadow that highlight vocabulary, images and aesthetic themes.

Keyword
Stylistics , literary genre , structural art , Proverbs and sayings