Defying voices, defining voices: The poetic voice of forough Farrokhzad

This article highlights the literary contribution of Forough Farrokhzad, a Persian woman poet. Select poems are considered for a brief but meticulous study. The themes of the poems are about unrequited love, infidelity of men, neglect of women, rights of women, her country's affairs, wars etc. Farrokhzad is not only a feminist poet but also championed for the development of her country. Farrokhzad is a woman poet who not only wrote about socially relevant themes but also carried out her beliefs in real life as well. She also forayed into filmmaking and her maiden film “Khaneh siah ast or The House is Black” received critical acclaim. Her untimely demise at just 32 years has left a great void in the Iranian literary and popular culture. The article attempts to establish the fact that Forough Farrokhzad, indeed merits, the acknowledgement that she is a pioneer of Persian poetry and one of the most influential Persian poets of the 20^th century.