Deviation and structural critique, as features distinguishing literary language from normative language, are the most fundamental concepts in structuralism theory. In this century, structuralism is a scientific and common approach to evaluate the artistic characteristics of literary works. Geoffrey Leach, an English structuralist, classified literary features (deviations) in eight levels: (1) lexical, (2) grammatical, (3) phonological, (4) graph logical, (5) dialectical, (6) stylistic, (7) semantic, and (8) historical period. He distinguished these linguistic deviations from other deviations by using three features of position, direction, and conclusiveness. His model is generalizable to all languages, especially Persian. Forasmuch, as Monzavi's sonnet, has a specific position in the contemporary Persian poetry. This study aimed to find language deviations in Monzavi's sonnets using desc...

Deviation and structural critique, as features distinguishing literary language from normative language, are the most fundamental concepts in structuralism theory. In this century, structuralism is a scientific and common approach to evaluate the artistic characteristics of literary works. Geoffrey Leach, an English structuralist, classified literary features (deviations) in eight levels: (1) lexical, (2) grammatical, (3) phonological, (4) graph logical, (5) dialectical, (6) stylistic, (7) semantic, and (8) historical period. He distinguished these linguistic deviations from other deviations by using three features of position, direction, and conclusiveness. His model is generalizable to all languages, especially Persian. Forasmuch, as Monzavi's sonnet, has a specific position in the contemporary Persian poetry. This study aimed to find language deviations in Monzavi's sonnets using desc...