An analytical overview of all the
parts of
A GARDEN OF KASHMIR
*MIR INDEX PAGE* --
the point of entry into the site
*PROJECT* -- an
account of the project itself, and an overview of how
it's going
*POET*
-- information about the poet's life and work, and
later critical writing
*Mir and
Ghalib: Comparisons*, two essays by Shamsur
Rahman Faruqi, abridged and translated by FWP
*THE GHAZALS OF MIR*
-- the main page for ghazal access
*main ghazal
index* -- according to order within divans,
and continuing the numbering sequence between divans
*radif-based index*
-- in absolute Urdu alphabetical order for more
efficient searching
*commentary index*
-- of all the ghazals that receive commentary on this site
*translations
of {7}* -- a special look at the ghazal most often translated
*NAMES*
-- an index of all the proper names used in the ghazal
verses themselves
*NAMES2* -- an
index of all the significant proper names mentioned in
the commentary on this site
*TERMS*
-- an index of literary terms used in the poetry or in
discussing it
*Mir's meters*
-- a list of all the meters Mir uses, with some
discussion
*A Practical Handbook of Urdu Meter* -- for a more systematic view
*SRF's commentary*
-- a systematic correlation of all verses discussed
by S. R. Faruqi in Shi'r-e shor-angez
(SSA), with the numbering system of the 2013 Abbasi/Mahfuz edition .
*SETS*
-- some analytically useful groupings of verses
*MOTIFS*
-- some thematic groups
*GRAMMAR* --
examples of Mir's freewheeling usages, including many that are now archaic
*SOURCES* -- books
in English and Urdu, and any other relevant material
for the study of the poetry
*GHALIB sitemap*
-- a similar analytical page on 'A Desertful of
Roses'
