The Shahr Ashob is a genre that became prominent in Urdu poetry in South Asia, with roots in classical Persian and Urdu poetic lamentation. It has early medieval origins in the twelfth century or earlier, but came into wide use among poets from the late Mughal Empire through the post-Mughal era of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Scholars regard ashob as an important historical genre in Persian, Urdu and Turkish literature, used by writers to express anguish and sorrow over political and social upheaval.
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Place of Origin Notable ExampleA shahr ashob by Mir Taqi Mir beginning My friends all seemed to death, near 1 Defining TraitFive to six stanzas with the first four lines rhymed together 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Shahr Ashob
Introduction, first sentence
is a genre that becomes prominent in Urdu poetry in South Asia with its roots in classical Persian and Urdu poetic lamentations.
Poems written in ashobs section
My friends all seemed to death, near
Description paragraph on structure
It consists of five to six stanzas normally written in rhymed verse for the first four lines. The first line rhymes with the second, third and fourth.
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