Ottoman Divan poetry was a highly ritualized and symbolic art form. From the Persian poetry that largely inspired it, it inherited a wealth of symbols whose meanings and interrelationships—both of similitude (مراعات نظير mura'ât-i nazîr / تناسب tenâsüb) and opposition (تضاد tezâd) were more or less prescribed. Divan poetry was composed through the constant juxtaposition of many such images within a strict metrical framework, thus allowing numerous potential meanings to emerge. The vast majority of Divan poetry was lyric in nature: either gazels (which make up the greatest part of the repertoire of the tradition), or kasîdes. There were, however, other common genres, most particularly the mesnevî, a kind of verse romance and thus a variety of narrative poetry; the two most notable examples of this form are the Leyli and Majnun of Fuzûlî and the Hüsn ü Aşk of Şeyh Gâlib. COUNT 5
QSN1 What type of Ottoman poetry is ritualized? ANS1 Divan poetry QSN2 What kind of poetry inspired Ottoman Divan Poetry? ANS2 Persian poetry QSN3 What type of framework was Divan poetry based on? ANS3 a strict metrical framework QSN4 What was the romance genre of Divan poetry known as? ANS4 mesnevî QSN5 What make up the largest portion of Divan poetry? ANS5 gazels (which make up the greatest part of the repertoire of the tradition), or kasîdes.