Animal appearance in Forough Farrokhzad's poetry

Animals have always played a colorful role in Persian literature, and poets and writers have mentioned animals in different times and according to the requirements of the times. Forough Farrokhzad used animals like many other phenomena and expressed his content. In the beginning, when his independent and special poetic character was not formed (Asir and Divar), he often mentioned the old and repeated simile of a person (poet, lover) to a chicken and he has seen himself as a captive chicken caught in love's trap. Gradually and as a result of more studies and experiences, Farrokhzad's poetic character is formed and another Forough appears in the following poetry notebooks; This means that his thought has been transformed and his personal self has turned into a social and human self. Accordingly, his view of animals has changed, and other animals such as snakes, crows, mice, etc. have appeared in his poetry. In this article, the obvious signs of the presence of animals in Forough Farrokhzad's poetry have been discussed using library sources and in a descriptive-analytical way.