Persian Classical Poetry at the Service of Social Justice, Freedom-seeking, and a Better Life

Abstract

Traditional Iranian poetry has a history of more than a thousand years. This completely melodious and rhythmic poetry has always taught us moral, divine, mystical and social themes, the correct lifestyle and the way to reach evolution and happiness, which can be a sign of Persian rich culture and civilisation. The mission and commitment of poetry and poets is to serve people and guide them to happiness. The contemporary classical poetry of Iran is the continuation of the thousand-year-old Persian classical poetry that despite preserving its principles and appearance or form, has been completely dynamic in terms of content and has adapted itself to the times so as not to neglect its mission, i.e., to raise human awareness. Several miscellaneous factors have had an impact on Iranian classical poetry, and this article, while examining the mentioned factors tries to introduce some important and prominent poets of the contemporary classical poetry of Iran and refers to their thoughts and sociopolitical activities in brief, so that, the pave will be grounded for new helpful similar further researches. As such, the study presents a brief overview of Persian classical poetry in the past one hundred and fifty years and investigates the thoughts and sociopolitical effectiveness of the most prominent contemporary Iranian poets. Traditional Iranian poetry has a history of more than a thousand years. This completely melodious and rhythmic poetry has always taught us moral, divine, mystical and social themes, the correct lifestyle and the way to reach evolution and happiness, which can be a sign of Persian rich culture and civilization. The mission and commitment of poetry and poets is to serve people and guide them to happiness. The contemporary classical poetry of Iran is the continuation of the thousand-year-old Persian classical poetry that despite preserving its principles and appearance or form, it has been completely dynamic in terms of content and has adapted itself to the times so as not to neglect its mission, i.e., to raise human awareness. Several miscellaneous factors have had an impact on Iranian classical poetry, and this article, while examining the mentioned factors tries to introduce some important and prominent poets of the contemporary classical poetry of Iran and refers to their thoughts and sociopolitical activities in brief, so that, the paving will be grounded for new helpful similar further researches. As such, the study presents a brief overview of Persian classical poetry in the past one hundred and fifty years and investigates the thoughts and sociopolitical effectiveness of the most prominent contemporary Iranian poets.