Poetry of the independence period
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Describe three features of independence-period poetry in your own words in six to eight sentences.
A free environment, themes of homeland and national identity, experiments with form.
2
Arrange the seven poets of the textbook by birth year, from oldest to youngest.
Jamol Kamol (1938), Oydin Hojiyeva (1942), Usmon Azim (1950), Xurshid Davron (1952), Mahmud Toir (1952), Sirojiddin Sayyid (1958), Iqbol Mirzo (1967).
3
Write an eight-line poem that expresses love for the homeland without using the word “Vatan.”
Creative answer.
4
Explain in your own way the meaning of black and white in “Grafika” (five or six sentences).
Black – sorrow, separation; white – longing, pure feeling; they form an opposition.
5
Write four lines with a radif: each line must end with the same word.
Creative answer.