Radifs and their structural function in Hamid Momand’s ghazels

Abstract

words; 3) ghazals, where the radif includes some marginal word while the radif itself functions as a link between beits of discordant theme or contents. A comparative analysis of ghazals with identical radifs composed by different poets allows us to establish some literary links between Hamid Momand's style and that of his predecessors and followers in Pashto literature. Refs 7.