The Distance Shot in the Poetry of Saadi Yusuf

This study explores the formation of cinematic snapshots in the poetry of the Iraqi poet Saadi Yusuf based on the axis of a stable distance shot. It aims to reveal the dimensions of these shots in his poetry and demonstrate how he utilizes this technique to enrich his poetic works with new approaches and contemporary visions. The descriptive-analytical approach was adopted to describe the overall structure of the studied texts and analyze them to discover their deep meanings. The study concluded that Saadi Yusuf's poetry exhibited a notable involvement with the technique of distance shots in cinema, which was prominent in his poetry in all its dimensions. The close, medium, and long shots, with their various nuances and branches, were employed in constructing his texts in a manner consistent with the nature of poetic art regarding themes, contexts, and roles associated with each type of these shots in cinema.