Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Qaafiya

क़ाफ़िया
also written: Qafiya
Meaning

The rhyme; the rhyming sound recurring before the refrain in a poem.

Usage & notes

Mastery of qaafiya let Iqbal bind disparate couplets into one music. He treated rhyme not as a constraint but as a chime that carried meaning forward.