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नज़्म

Nazm

A poem with one subject from start to finish.

एक विचार, एक साँस।

Where a ghazal wanders from couplet to couplet, a nazm holds a single idea or scene together. It may rhyme or not, and it is closest to what most readers think of as an ordinary modern poem.

Poems
41
Poets
3
Typical read
1.1 min
Common mood
Karuna

Featured verse

हम घूम चुके बस्ती-बन में इक आस का फाँस लिए मन में

Urvashi and Pururavas in the Forest

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Verse built on strict measures.

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कुंडलिया

A poem that ends where it began.