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POETRY

                It has transformed our world through its expressiveness and emotion, poetry is a force to be reckoned with. Not only has it paved the way to strengthen communal ties and liberate people from sufferings, but it has also been used as a powerful tool to rebel against oppression. This form of expression has granted us the ability to explore a perception of our world contrary to the mainstream ideology. Analyzing poetry can allow us to have a enhanced understanding of our society, however in order to accomplish that it is necessary to examine the popular styles in which poetry is conveyed, such as sonnets, ghazals, and ballads.

Sonnet

                One of the most prevalent forms of poetry, sonnets originated in Europe, mainly Provence and Italy. Usually sonnets consist of 14 lines. By the thirteenth century sonnets came to be known as a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme, which is a pattern of rhyming between lines of a poem. The structure of a typical Italian sonnet has two parts that together formed a compact form of "argument". The first part forms the proposition which describes a problem, followed by the second part which proposes a resolution. In the ninth line the poem usually reaches a turn and signals a change in the mood, tone, or stance of the poem.  One of the most renowned sonnet writers was William Shakespeare, who is widely regarded as one of the best writers in the English language. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets which were his non-dramatic works.

Ghazals

A Ghazal is a poetic form originating in 6^th century Arabia , Ghazals consist of rhyming couplets and a chorus with each line having the same meter. The concept of Ghazal can be defined as expressing the pain one goes through while experiencing the loss or separation of love. It also defines the beauty of love in spite of the pain one endures. Ghazals were written by Persian mystics and poets such as Rumi in the 13^th century.  Ghazals traditionally deal with one subject, which is love, to be more specific unattainable love. In the Indian subcontinent  the Ghazals have an influence from Islamic mysticism, in which love can be interpreted for a divine being or a mortal beloved. Love is portrayed in Ghazals as something that will complete a human being, and if achieved it will one into the ranks of the wise and learned, and bring an intense satisfaction into the soul of the poet. The Ghazal is always written in the point of view of a lover who’s beloved is unattainable, usually the beloved does not return the love or returns it without sincerity. The lover is aware of their inevitable fate but continues loving nonetheless.  The lyrical motivation  derives from this tension in which the lover is unable to resist his feelings for his beloved.

Ballads.

Ballads are poems that are in a form of narratives set to music. Ballads were popular in british and irish poetry form the later medieval period until the 19^th century and used in a large amount amongst the Europeans. Ballads may have originated from Scandinavian and German traditions of storytelling as in the story of beowolf. European ballads have been generally classified into three groups traditional broadside and literary.