The elegy for Alp Er To‘nga and the elegy genre
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Explain in your own words, in 6–7 sentences, three scenes of the elegy (time’s revenge, the begs’ mourning, the people’s wailing).
The answer should show the outward signs of grief and their meaning.
2
Compare an elegy and a lyric ghazal by “theme, feeling and form.”
An elegy – death and grief; a ghazal – often love; their forms differ, but an elegy can also be written in ghazal form.
3
Write a four-line elegy (a-a-a-b) dedicated to a great person loved by your homeland or teacher, with two outward signs of grief.
Creative task: check the rhyme and the signs of grief.
4
Exam style: In which metre is the elegy written? A) aruz B) barmoq C) free verse D) syllabo-tonic
B – barmoq metre (seven syllables, 4+3).