Musaddas () 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 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.
[ "The form of the Musaddas" Columbia University. Retrieved 2015-08-19.]
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