Afsaneh

Afsaneh is a poem by Nima Yooshij, published in December 1923 which is considered as the manifesto of She'r-e Nimaa'i. Afsaneh was very new in various aspects, including the way it was expressed and the texture, and led to the emergence of a new school of poetry in Iranian poetry. Nima Yoshij dedicated this poem to his teacher, Nizam Vafa.

What divides contemporary Iranian poetry into two periods before and after Afsaneh is not the meter and new rhythm experiences nor the variety of popular literature used in it, but the kind of narrative hidden in it that expresses the superior reality.