A long monorhyme ode, often of praise, eulogy, or exhortation.
Literally: ode; long monorhyme poem of praise
A qaseeda is a long monorhyme ode, classically composed in praise of a patron, prophet, or ideal. Iqbal works in the panegyric tradition but bends its grandeur toward devotion and high moral purpose rather than flattery. The ode's sweep suits his elevated, prophetic register.
Marsiya
An elegy; a lament, especially for the martyrs of Karbala or the fallen in battle.
Nazm
A poem developed around a single connected theme, as opposed to the ghazal's discrete couplets.
Ghazal
A sung form of the Urdu-Persian love lyric, each couplet a self-contained thought.
Sher
A lion or tiger; the emblem of royal courage and might. Also a couplet of verse.
Madh
Praise or panegyric; the eulogistic content at the heart of a qasida.