Urdu

Urdu Language having traditions of 800 hundred Years

Jan 6, 2011

Types of Urdu Poetry

From ages Urdu has very rich poetry tradition because of its versatility in poetry.  The main types of Urdu poetry are:
  • Ghazal
  • Nazm
  • Marsiya
  • Masnavi
  • Qasida
  • Rubayi
Ghazal:
Ghazal consists of couplets (sher or ashaar) which normally follow the rules of mtla, makta, qafia radeef. Couplet of Ghazal are completes their discussed topic within, topics of different couplets are usually not related to each other.

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Ghazals in Urdu

Ghazal is a form of poetry which contains rhyming couplets and a refrain with same line repeating in second verse of every couplet. Ghazal is poetry style of different languages like Arabic, Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Hind, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Turkish. A ghazal is mainly written in two themes pain of separation or loss and beauty of love. The origin of ghazal found back in 6th century and is derived from Arabic panegyric qasida. The structure of Ghazal is more or less similar to Petrarchan sonnet.

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