Abstract
Isomorphism is a semiotic term borrowed from the scientific field to the field of discourse analysis. The aim of this study is to reveal the manifestations of isomorphism and the semiotic dimensions in the collection of poems The Lemon Song by the poet Hussein Al-Qased. The main question that this research seeks to answer is: To what extent is there presence of isomorphism and its semiotic dimensions in the collection of poems, The Lemon Song? After studying this topic, it becomes clear to us that these manifestations are apparent and clear in his poems and are closely linked to the poet’s psychology and the depths of his thoughts and life. The poet made his poems an effective tool within the poetic text. The poet employed similarity in his poems to become a beautiful tool that moves the feelings in the recipient’s soul. These similarities are: similarity of sound, similarity of word, similarity of phrase, similarity of beginnings, similarity of endings. Through our study of the manifestations of isomorphism and its semiotic dimensions in the collection of poems “The Lemon Song” by Hussein Al-Qased, we reached a conclusion that isomorphism is repetition, coalition, or contrast, or it is an insistence from an important party in the sound, phrase, or word, or in the beginnings or endings, which the poet means more than others, and thus isomorphism took on a psychological dimension related to the psychology of the creative poet. The poet used deliberate repetition and repeated it more than once in several poems and occasions, especially the word “I,” reflecting a deep philosophical vision that is open to interpretation and explanation in the mind of the recipient, leaving a great result in its connotations and lessons. The poem, by the poet Hussein Al-Qased, aims to think about the future of Iraq and the extent of the wounds resulting from the occupation, terrorism and corruption, going beyond the framework of standing and crying to calling for thinking and working to