Read a Poet, Write a Poem: Intro to Ghazal Form and Poets

Tue, January 21, 2020 7:00 PM - Tue, January 21, 2020 8:30 PM at C303 Snyder Hall, 362 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI

Read a Poet, Write a Poem will be focusing on the Ghazal! In the first session, RCAH Professor Guillermo Delgado will be focusing on the ghazal form and poets who write in that form. Everyone is welcome to come to one or both sessions. 

“(Pronunciation: “guzzle”) Originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love, medieval Persian poets embraced the ghazal, eventually making it their own. Consisting of syntactically and grammatically complete couplets, the form also has an intricate rhyme scheme. Each couplet ends on the same word or phrase (the radif), and is preceded by the couplet’s rhyming word (the qafia, which appears twice in the first couplet). The last couplet includes a proper name, often of the poet’s. In the Persian tradition, each couplet was of the same meter and length, and the subject matter included both erotic longing and religious belief or mysticism.” (Definition from Poetry Foundation)

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