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Maaz Bin Bilal, "Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras by Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan" (India Penguin Classics, 2022)

New Books in Poetry

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What Is the Difference Between Akhaleh and Amastami?

Akhaleh and Amastami are two of the genres. Masnavi's are narrative long poems. Kasidas is genre that's quite unique from most Western genres. Each couplet in Akhaleh is a standalone poem. The last verse, by the way, is called a makta,. It has an interesting feature with poets refer to themselves in the third person.

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