Poem O My Grieved Heart

This paper examines the /l/ rhymed poem of Muhammed Bahga Al-Athari. It is an elegy, mourning his deceased instructor (sheikh) Mahmoud Shukri Al- Alusi. This study is divided into two sections. In the first section, the biographies of both Muhammed Bahga Al-Athari and his instructor (Sheik Mahmoud Shukri Al- Alusi) are introduced. The second section tackles some rhetorical features and explains some ambiguous words included in the poem.