Urdu poetry forms itself with following basic ingredients: Bait (بیت) Bait-ul-Ghazal (بیت الغزل) Beher (بحر) Diwan (دیوان) Husn-E-Matla (حسنِ مطلع) Kalam (کلام) Kulyat (کلیات) Maqta (مقطع) Matla (مطلع) Mavra (ماوراء) Misra (مصرع) Mushaira (مشاعرہ) Qaafiyaa (قافیہ) Radif (ردیف) Sher (شعر) Shayar (شاعر) Shayari (شاعری) Tah-Tul-Lafz (تحت اللفظ) Takhallus (تخلص) Tarannum (ترنم) Triveni (تریوینی) Genres[edit] The major genres of poetry found in Urdu are: Doha (دوہا) Fard (فرد) Geet (گیت) Ghazal (غزل), as practiced by many poets in the Arab tradition. Mir, Ghalib, Dagh are well-known composers of ghazal. Hamd (حمد) Hazal (ہزل) Hijv (ہجو) Kafi (کافی) Madah (مدح) Manqabat (منقبت) Marsia (مرثیہ) Masnavi (مثنوی) Munajat (مناجات) Musaddas (مسدس) Mukhammas (مخمس) Naat (نعت) Nazm (نظم) Noha (نوحہ) Qasida (قصیدہ) Qatã (قطعہ) Qawwali (قوالی) Rubai (رباعی) (a.k.a. Rubayyat or Rubaiyat) (رباعیات) Salam (سلام) Sehra (سہرا) Shehr aashob (شہر آشوب) Soz (سوز) Wasokht (وسوخت) Foreign forms such as the sonnet, azad nazm or (Free verse) and haiku have also been used by some modern Urdu poets.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:39:13 +0000
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