Nazm

Nazm is a special form of Urdu poetry that is generally written in rhymed verse.

Nazm forms an important and significant part of Urdu poetry that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose style poems. Nazm has many different forms as,

Doha Musaddas Mukhammas Rubai (a.k.a. Rubayyat or Rubaiyat)
Geet Munajat Naat Salam
Hamd Masnavi Noha Salam
Hazal Marsia Qasida Shehr a`ashob
Hijv Manqabat Qat`a Soz
Kafi Madah Qawwali Wasokht


The important poets of Nazm were Nazeer Akarabadi, Iqbal, Josh, Firaq, Akhtarul Iman to down the line Noon Meem Rashid, Faiz, Ali Sardar Jafri and Kaifi Azmi. They have covered common life, philosophical thinking, national issues and the precarious predicament of individual human being.

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