| Urdu literature ادبیاتِ اُردُو | |
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| Urdu literature | |
| By category Urdu language Rekhta | |
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| Amir Khusrau (father of Urdu literature) - Wali Dakhani (father of Urdu poetry) - Mir Taqi Mir - Ghalib - Abdul Haq (Baba-e-Urdu) | |
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| Writers – Novelists – Poets | |
| Forms | |
| Ghazal – Fiction | |
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| Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu Urdu movement Literary Prizes | |
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The Urdu ghazal is a literary form of the ghazal-poetry unique to the Indian subcontinent, written in the Urdu standard of the Hindostani language. It is commonly asserted that the ghazal spread to South Asia from the influence of Sufi mystics in the Delhi Sultanate.[1]
A ghazal is composed of ashaar, which are similar to couplets, that rhyme in a pattern of AA BA CA DA EA (and so on), with each individual she'r (couplet) typically presenting a complete idea not necessarily related to the rest of the poem.[2] They are often described as being individual pearls that make up a united necklace.
Classically, the ghazal inhabits the consciousness of a passionate, desperate lover, wherein deeper reflections of life are found in the audience's awareness of what some commentators and historians call "The Ghazal Universe", which can be described as a store of characters, settings, and other tropes the genre employs to create meaning.[3]
- ^ "A Short History of the Ghazal". www.ghazalpage.net. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "Appreciating Urdu Poetry". Hersh Bhasin. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "Lyric Poetry in Urdu: the Ghazal, by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and Frances W. Pritchett". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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