Abstract:

When we look at the Arab history, it is seen that poetry is an important phenomenon for Arabs, which may not be seen in any nation. As a result of the extreme interest of the Arabs in poetry, poetry developed rapidly in the Arab society and different types of poetry emerged over time. One of these types of poetry is vasf poetry. Vasf poetry, which is also expressed as descriptive poetry, includes the meaning of describing any phenomenon. While the subjects of Vasf's poetry were more limited in the period of ignorance, they began to diversify and differentiate in the process. In terms of vasf poetry, it is seen that Andalusian poets generally wrote more impressive poems than vasf poems of poets in the East. Andalusian poets made careful observations on the phenomena they describe, and they incorporated this situation into their poems with harmonious words. When this situation is combined with the superior descriptive ability of Andalusian poets, poignant quality poems have emerged. In this article, information is given about the characteristics of Andalusian vasf poems, the subjects they deal with, their differences from Eastern vasf poems and their most important representatives.

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