The Poem of Iraq By Bushra Al-bustany A reading in the aesthetic prosodic overlapping

The research represent a reading in the poem if Iraq by Bushra Al-bustany. The poem was written in September 1991. when Iraq was getting through a critical political struggle which may lead to a cata sphoric future. The poetess shows how Iraq Suffers from torture. She embodies symbolic Views through poetic montage. in which the rhythm varies according to her strong passion , and her own experience. The poetess hictes behind the text deep indications. She gave herself the right in using the poetic structure and rhythm , So the text became a symbolic painting with different rhythm. The content of the poem was gathered by one semantic string. we can see through it different indication such as a live past paralleled to miserable present. They express times , events , civilizations Knowledge and dilemma past by the country. on the other hand , they portrait the present situation of the nation which strive due to accidental external factors. The text may give prophecies which can be seen later.