Symbolic Analysis of Colour in Fadava Toghan's Poetry Book

Contemporary poets have enjoyed the effect of colour on man''sspirit and used them to express their feelings about social and political matters. FadavaToghan as an influentialPalestinian poet has used colours in her poems to reflect people''s pains، wishes and hopes. Woman''s feeling and the delicate spirit of the poet on the one hand and political and social situations dominated on Palestine land on the other hand have urged her to use colour. In this research، an analytical-descriptive method was applied and the most frequent concepts of colour have been extracted from her poetry book. The findings show that black، green and red have been the most frequent colours. In her works، green would stand for happiness، hope، beauty، movementand/or Palestine and the nature of the country. Black would stand for sadness، hopelessness، oppression، and the presence of Zionists. Red would mean martyr''s blood، national rise and movement.