The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women by Dick Davis

The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women

Dick Davis

344 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced

Description

One of the very first Persian poets was a woman (Rabe'eh, who lived over a thousand years ago) and there have been women poets writing in Persian in virtually every generation since that time until the present. Before the twentieth century they te...

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Moods

emotional 84%
reflective 76%
informative 53%
inspiring 46%
sad 46%
challenging 30%
dark 23%
funny 15%
hopeful 15%
lighthearted 15%
tense 7%

Pace

medium 54%
fast 27%
slow 18%

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