Hamid Olimjon’s “G‘azal”
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
List the lover’s wishes in the ghazal and explain each in your own words.
To be mole, honey, nightingale, wind and to reach the beloved.
2
Write the sign of the foot “mafoiylun” and count the syllables of one line of the ghazal.
Sign: V – – –; four feet per line.
3
Write the similarities between a classical ghazal and Hamid Olimjon’s ghazal in 4 sentences.
Theme, images, metre, devotion.
4
Memorise one poem by Hamid Olimjon and name a poetic device used in it.
For example: simile, personification, address.