Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran: Iconic Woman and Feminine Pioneer of New Persian Poetry (Iran and the Persianate World)

In the first essay, Homa Katouzian's "psychological-cum-literaryâ[euro] connection between Farrokhzad's desire for a harmonious reunion with her father and her search for a "paradise lostâ[euro] in poetry seems tenuous at best, although his reading of the formal weaknesses and strengths of "Sinâ[euro] and "In the Cold Streets of Nightâ[euro] as linked to the varying consistency of the poems' emotional content is an intriguing hypothesis. Brookshaw's exegesis of the prophetic "I Feel Sorry for the Gardenâ[euro] offers a careful reading of the decaying baghcheh (traditional Iranian courtyard) as a metaphor for the demise of the modern Iranian family, but his survey approach often turns his enumeration of the home and garden tropes somewhat repetitive, leading to generalizations such as: "Before her death ... According to Maryam Ghorbankarimi's formalist analysis, Farrokhzad's use of voiceover, juxtaposition, black-and-white composition, and other techniques indicates a coherent and intuitive transition from verbal to "cinematic poetryâ[euro].