Mathewos, Birhanu(PhD)Taddese, Melese2022-05-252023-12-012022-05-252023-12-011996-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/31786This paper is concerned with the analysis of poems collected from nine Amharic magazines published from 1956 to 1995 E.C. The magazines understudy are: 'Menen', 'Yekatit', 'Efoyta', 'Sendek', 'Tsedey', 'Goh', 'Tobia', 'Telenegarit', and ' Birri tu' . In this thesis, the nature of the poems published in the magazines are observed. The recurrent themes of the poems at the different regimes are identified and analyzed. Their relation to the respective administration is discussed . The trends taken by the themes during the last 40 years are traced and discussed in line with the social changes that took place during the past years. The social and political phenomena that could have a possible influence on the publication and production of the poems are assessed through interviews and questionnaires and the results are used in the analysis of their impact. The research examines all those poems in the 8 magazines which used to be and which are still published by three different publishers. The focus of the study is especially those poems which deal with the social, political and economic issues of the society and so they are dealt well here . In the research, an attempt is made to put light on the major problems of the society at every regime in the last 40 years.enThematic Trends of PoemsThesis