From a historical point of view, Sepehri's collection of poems "The Death of Color" was written in a situation where the political and social atmosphere of those days in Iran was going towards fateful changes for the nation. Knowing these historical changes and understanding the political atmosphere of Sepehri’s time will be very effective in knowing and understanding the symbols in " The Death of Color " which shows itself in the form of a combination of words such as darkness, loneliness, destruction, alienation and similar themes. Because the mind of the audience gets acquainted with the atmosphere of the author's life by taking into account the prevailing atmosphere of the society and the conditions of the creation of the work in its historical context. Wilhelm Dilthey's hermeneutic theory is based on understanding the work with a historical perspective. Based on the theory of historicism, Dilthey believes that the understanding of any work will not be possible except by knowing and understanding the historical environment in which the work was produced. In this way, it will be possible to understand the text with the help of the mental transfer of the audience from their era to the era of the author. Therefore, this research intends to analyze Sepehri's discourse in "The Death of Color" by considering Dilthey’s historicist hermeneutic principles.
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