Ghazal Poetry Between Home and Exile | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University for the Humanities | ||
| Article 1, Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 491-506 | ||
| Author | ||
| Arwa H Al-Douri | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in sixth century Arabic poetry. The structural form of the ghazal is similar in stringency to that of the Petrarchan sonnet. In its style and content it is a genre which has proved capable of an extraordinary variety of expression around its central themes of love and separation. The study tries to shed light on the influence of this traditional poetic form on modern American poetry and examines some examples of ghazal as presented by three different poets. Section one.i: presents a general introduction to ghazal poetry: its meaning, form, style, themes, origins, in addition to its regeneration in modern American poetry. ii: Focuses on the Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali whose ghazal's poems were considered the first serious attempts in modern American poetry. Section two: Focus on the two native American poets: Addriene Rich and W. S. Merwin who wrote some ghazal poems after being influenced by its traditional form in order to tackle the differences between the original ghazal poetry and the American version. The Conclusion: sums- up the findings of the study . | ||
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