Atoyi’s lyrics: devices of depiction
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Define personification, tazod, talmeh and ishtiqoq in your own words, with one example each (your own or from a ghazal).
Free; the definitions should match the textbook analysis.
2
Retell the story of Yusuf and Ya’qub in 4–5 sentences.
The brothers throw Yusuf into a well and tell the father a wolf ate him; Ya’qub loses his sight from grief.
3
Write a 5–6 sentence creative text on “I love reading Atoyi’s lyrics”.
Free answer.
4
Explain in your own words the Sufi-tinged idea in Atoyi’s ghazals (paradise versus union with the beloved).
For the poet the beloved’s beauty is above paradise; giving up love for paradise is foolish.