Hoda Kanan Azar - Department of English language and literature, Faculty of letters and humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Literature and poetry are an important part of the culture of different eras of a society. Examining the position of women and the poet's view of women is of great importance. To examine Hafez's view as the most influential poet of the Persian language, fifty sonnets and romantic poems of Hafez are investigated. In Hafez's poems, the smell of love can be smelled from all sides. In his poems and sonnets, women have been mentioned with other names such as "Darling" and "beloved". In Hafez's sonnets, his view of women is very attractive and interesting. He has focused on women as essential and very effective characters in his sonnets. Women play various roles in Hafez's sonnets and have influenced his feelings and life. The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the position of women in the sonnets and poems of khwaje shams od Din Mohammad Hafez e Shirazi, known by his pen name "Hafez

Hafez, Woman, Sonnets, Literature