Persian · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Shahr-Ashob
शहर-आशोब
said SHEHR-aa-SHOB
also written: Shehr Ashob,Shahr Ashub,Shahr-e-Ashob
Meaning
A poem lamenting the ruin and disorder of a city or society — a genre mourning decline and upheaval.
Literally: disturber of the city
Related words
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Marsia
An elegy, especially the long narrative lament commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Husain at Karbala.
ARABIC
Hijv
Satire or invective verse — poetry that mocks, ridicules or lampoons its subject.
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Nazm
A poem developed around a single connected theme, as opposed to the ghazal's discrete couplets.