Iranian Persian Language and Literature Promotion Society Research on Mystical Literature HTTPS://JP 5 3 2011 11 22 A Critical Study of Modern Religious Poetry of pre –Islamic Revolution A Critical Study of Modern Religious Poetry of pre –Islamic Revolution 33 56 16393 FA MirJalil Akrami Associate Professor of Persian language and literature, University of Tabriz Mohammad Khakpour PhD student of Persian language and literature, University of Tabriz Journal Article 2016 06 14 Religious verse is a kind of committed verse which has religious color with regard to semantic aspect and originates from religious teachings and Islamic history. Religious rituals, praising religious figures, paying attention to celestial issues and catharsis of man are in the center of it. Emergence of new religious verse in 40’s and 50’s should be considered as a major event in Persian literature. Undoubtedly, extensive entrance of religious forces to the scene of political and cultural fight was the origin of   emergence of this branch of social verse. Because of some reasons, in most sources about the new Persian verse (free, blank, New Wave) new religious verse has been neglected which, consequently, made a work like this one inevitable. Religious verse is a kind of committed verse which has religious color with regard to semantic aspect and originates from religious teachings and Islamic history. Religious rituals, praising religious figures, paying attention to celestial issues and catharsis of man are in the center of it. Emergence of new religious verse in 40’s and 50’s should be considered as a major event in Persian literature. Undoubtedly, extensive entrance of religious forces to the scene of political and cultural fight was the origin of   emergence of this branch of social verse. Because of some reasons, in most sources about the new Persian verse (free, blank, New Wave) new religious verse has been neglected which, consequently, made a work like this one inevitable. https://jpll.ui.ac.ir/article_16393_e5aad1b1b9d61ae8116f68feb249a69f.pdf