There is a tradition in Persian poems which poet at the beginning of his poem express his beliefs and answer to his opponents. Some poets represent these beliefs as tales. These parts mostly are out of the main body of the poem. Among Attars Neishaboury poems there are ten tales at the beginning of Mosibat-nameh. The content of these tales are defending of truth of his religious beliefs , answering to his opponents, explaining the value of poem and poesy. the structure of these tales are the form (tension, trying, conclusion) and two subsidiaries of this form and eliminate or changing these parts highlight the narratives opinion. Signs have more important role in making the structures. The signs which are used in these tales are: choosing the character, choosing the time and place, starting the tales with conjunction, the speed of act and react. Designing value equaition, Use the pronoun and quoting the speech of saints.

Keywords: structural study, signs, tales, Mosibat-Name

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