An Analysis of the Nature of Love in Simin Behbahani's Poetry in the Light of Erich Fromm's Theories

The term love and its nature inSiminBehbahani's Divan are of a special place.Also, love is considered among the main issues in modern psychology and a prominent psychologist like Erich Fromm discusses thenature of love and loving motives. In this study we attempt to investigate concepts and features of love nature and loving motivesin sonnets of Iranian lyric lady, based on theory of Erich Fromm. The main objective of this study is to investigate common nature of love and loving motivations in poems of SiminBehbahani, based on Erich Fromm's views. The study is based on descriptive and analytical method. As a result, this study suggests the idea of ​​Erich Fromm whoknows nature of love composed of respect and compassion, sense of responsibility, overcoming loneliness, sacrifice, courage and attempt to rejoin the beloved, promoting spirit of respect and loyalty, in many aspectsis matched with Behbahani’sviews on the nature of love and loving motivations.