Tehran University, Faculty of Literature & Humanities Persian Literature 2251-9262 2 2 2013 02 19 A critical approach on apt-transitions in Persian panegyric Odes up to the seventh century A critical approach on apt-transitions in Persian panegyric Odes up to the seventh century 66 82 30380 10.22059/jpl.2013.30380 FA Shahram Azadian Reza Khabbaz-ha Journal Article 2012 09 12 There are some comments and examples on the qualities that make a panegyric apt-transition a good-one or a bad-one in Arabic and Persian rhetoric books. But a deeper look on the principles of rhetoric and the study of panegyric masters’ poems would lead us to get some more information about this subject. Analyzing some Persian panegyric poems and criticizing the opinions of the Persian and Arabic rhetoricians, this article focuses on the principles of a well-made apt-transition and, for the first time, analyses about thirty examples of weak apt-transitions and reveals their verbal faults. There are some comments and examples on the qualities that make a panegyric apt-transition a good-one or a bad-one in Arabic and Persian rhetoric books. But a deeper look on the principles of rhetoric and the study of panegyric masters’ poems would lead us to get some more information about this subject. Analyzing some Persian panegyric poems and criticizing the opinions of the Persian and Arabic rhetoricians, this article focuses on the principles of a well-made apt-transition and, for the first time, analyses about thirty examples of weak apt-transitions and reveals their verbal faults. https://jpl.ut.ac.ir/article_30380_e4950445cc79fe6c0144a2372626ef1a.pdf