IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda Burda , or Qaseedatul Burda, is a famous poem in Arabic that offers heartfelt ...
THE study of poetic metres is called prosody. Prosody is known as arooz or ilm-i-arooz, not only in Urdu but in Arabic and Persian as well. Other prosodic terms such as behr (metre), rukn (feet of a ...