Furqat’s musaddas, “Kashmirda” and artistic devices in the ghazal
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Retell the musaddas in five sentences in your own words.
The answer should include the address, the gazelle’s state, the request and the likeness to the poet.
2
Prepare a role reading of the beauty’s talk with the lover in “Kashmirda” and explain the joke in it.
The joke is about the dot above the lip: she teases that it was a “scribe’s error”.
3
For one of the Atoyi couplets identify personification, husni ta’lil or hyperbole and explain it in your own words.
E.g. the rose’s blushing – personification and husni ta’lil; the lip not being found – hyperbole.
4
In separate sentences of your own invention use one simile, one personification and one hyperbole.
Free answer; each sentence should clearly show its device.
5
Compare the ghazals of Furqat and Ogahiy: write two similarities and two differences.
Similar: both weave social meaning into love ghazals and use hyperbole. Different: exile and longing lead in Furqat, while Ogahiy often addresses the ruler.