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Another form of poetry, the monazara ( debate ), claims the largest portions of Parvin's Divan.

She composed approximately sixty-five poems in the style of monazara and seventy-five anecdotes, fables, and allegories.

According to Professor Heshmat Moayyad: " Parvin wrote about men and women of different social backgrounds, a wide-ranging array of animals, birds, flowers, trees, cosmic and natural elements, objects of daily life, abstract concepts, all personified and symbolizing her wealth of ideas.

Through these figures she holds up a mirror to others showing them the abuses of society and their failure in moral commitment.

Likewise, in these debates she eloquently expresses her basic thoughts about life and death, social justice, ethics, education, and the supreme importance of knowledge ".