Bahar, Innovation and Modern Verse

From Nizami and Khaghani times on, there has been much discussion about new style(genre) and concepts of this sort in the history of Persian poetry.Every poet tried to name himself and his verse modern. Among all these claims, the inclination to be new and the attraction of being modern before the audience, is more outstanding. Of course, the inclination to be new stopped upon formation of the triplesocieties of literary-style return. But poets again, revealed their enthusiasm of being new.One of the pioneers is poet laureate Mohammad Taghi Bahar who lived during Mohammad Ali Shah, Ahmad Shah, Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah reigns. He was a gifted poet with a strong memory. His strong tendency to social and political affairs neared hisverse to the essence of contemporaneousness.Bahar claims that his style of verse is new. In one of his compositions, he claims that modern Persian poetry is after his efforts and studies.