Radif in Khurshidbanu Natavan’s poem

Abstract

In the classical Eastern poetry, in addition to form and content, the way words and phrases are pronounced is also important so special attention is paid to the methods creating harmony as rhyme and poem. Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897) was known as the author of works expressing feelings of love, natural beauty, sadness and grief about her life in Azerbaijani literature of 19th century. Khurshidbanu Natavan’s poems are not only unique in terms of content, subject and poetic aspects, but also distinguished by the rich radifs. In the article is explored the issues such as the connection between the radifs used by the poet with the thoughts expressed in ghazals, consisting of from native or borrowed words and the classification in terms of word count on the basis of specific examples. Special attention is also paid to the influence of the radifs used by Natavan to the literature after her. Their predecessor-caliphate relations with the creativity of Natavan are revealed based on the radifs used in the works by several artists. In the article is stated that Natavan poetry strongly influenced on the literature after her not only in terms of subject and idea, but also with her multifaceted and rich radifs.