Tag Archives: Ghazal

Dream Big Ghazal

Poem A Day #4 is to be of the Ghazal poetry form. Ghazals were originally popularized and written by such notables as Rumi and Hafiz of Persia.  Through the influence of Goethe (1749–1832), the ghazal became very popular in Germany … Continue reading

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Epistrophe – Stormy Moments

Tonight’s weekly short form poetry workshop featured a form based on a literary device commonly known as an epistrophe.   This is, also, sometimes called epiphora or anistrophe.    An epistrophe “is the repetition of words or a phrase at … Continue reading

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