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Nazm

World Traditional Verse Forms

Nazm is a major genre of Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi poetry, normally written in rhymed verse though also composed in modern prose style poems; the other major genre alongside it is the ghazal.

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Place of Origin
South Asia (Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi literary tradition) 1
Notable Example
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, listed among Urdu literature's notable nazm poets. 1
Defining Trait
An Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi poetic genre with no fixed restrictions on size or rhyme scheme, in which every verse is thematically interlinked around a single controlling idea. 1
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Associated With

The Ghazal, Forms
Source Nazm (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Nazm (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead section
    A nazm can be long or short and there are no restrictions on size or rhyme scheme. All the verses written in a nazm are interlinked.
  • Urdu nazm poets section, list of notable poets
    Notable nazm poets include: Nazeer Akbarabadi Majeed Amjad Syed Waheed Ashraf Kaifi Azmi Faiz Ahmad Faiz
  • lead section, second sentence
    is a major part of Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi poetry that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose-style poems.
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