Musaddas

{{Short description|Genre of Urdu poetry}} '''Musaddas''' ({{Langx|ur|مسدس}}) is a genre of Urdu poetry in which each unit consists of 6 lines-sestain- (''misra''). Famous early writers employing this form are Mir Anis and Dabeer. Maulana Altaf Husain Hali and Waheed Akhtar are other well-known poets to find expression in this form of poetry. Particularly iconic is Hali's Madd-o-Jazr-e-Islam as an exemplary of this form.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/hali/musaddas/02_intro_01.pdf "The form of the Musaddas"] Columbia University. Retrieved 2015-08-19.</ref>

==See also== * Mukhammas

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Category:Urdu-language poetry Category:Indian poetics Category:Stanzaic form Category:Pakistani poetics

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