Rabghuzi’s spring ghazal
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
List five signs of spring from the ghazal and write one sentence of explanation for each.
Tulip, nightingale, crane, lamb, swallow and others.
2
Compose your own four-line poem about spring using at least one personification.
Creative answer; point out the personification.
3
Briefly explain the metre ramali musammani mahzuf in your own words.
Foilotun eight times; the last is one syllable short.
4
Compare the concepts of pen-name and maqta‘ in two sentences.
The maqta‘ is the last couplet of a ghazal; the pen-name is the poet’s poetic name, which appears in it.