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Alā yā ayyoha-s-sāqī is a ghazal (love poem) by the 14th-century poet Hafez of Shiraz. It is the opening poem in the collection of Hafez's 530 poems. In this poem, Hafez calls for wine to soothe his difficulties in love. In a series of varied images he describes his feelings.
The first three sections of the poem set up the framework of the poem's structure, describing the narrative environment, physical landscape and interpersonal relationships that concern the narrator. [3] Carson herself, along with several critics, have referred to the poem as a lyric essay, despite its inclusion in a book of poetry. [4]
“A Wine of Wizardry” influenced works by many writers. The most influenced was poet and fiction writer Clark Ashton Smith. When he read the wine poem at age 15 in a national magazine (which he later described as "In the ruck of magazine verse it was like finding a fire-opal of the Titans in a potato bin"), Smith decided to become a poet ...
"The Collar" is a poem by Welsh poet George Herbert published in 1633, and is a part of a collection of poems within Herbert's book The Temple. [1] The poem depicts a man who is experiencing a loss of faith and feelings of anger over the commitment he has made to God.
The Uzbek researcher Ergash Rustamov notes that Fuzuli's poem "Hashish and Wine" is a typical example of the genre "Munazar" [14] (the word "Munazar" in Arabic means dispute, competition), [15] which was very popular in the Eastern literature in the Middle Ages. According to Rustamov, Fuzuli wrote this work under the influence of the 15th ...
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Shiraz, a center of Persian poetry, literature, and art was also known for its wine production, and some of the famous poets, such as Hafez and Saadi, praised the quality and taste of Shiraz wine in their verses. Discovered or existing inscriptions or decorations related to wine are abundant in a variety of artefacts and structures. [21] [22]