bilig-22/ Summer 2002

KASIDE IN TURKISH LITERATURE

Dr. Yaşar AYDEMİR
Gazi University
Gazi Education Faculty

      The word "Kaside" comes from the word "kasada" in Arabic and it means "to mean, to deliberate, to intent". As a literature term it is a form verse whose first couplet is rhyming, next lines of poetry has the same rhyming of the first couplet and it is written in accordance with the meter of Arus's same meter from the beginning to the end. By using this form of verse kind of tevhid, münacaat, naat, eulogy, satirical poem, elegy etc. has been written.
      Kaside is named in accordance with the subject that is told in the part of nesib, redif or rhyming There is no limit in the number of couplet. A kaside consist of nearly 30-45 couplet. It maybe written by almost every meter of Arus.
      Kaside has five main parts: these parts don't have to be contained in every kaside. To write a kaside there have to be at least two parts and the name of one them is maksud. Giving isn't a name of a part but, it is a couplet enabling the transformation between the parts.

Key Words : Kaside, tevhid, münacaat, naat, eulogy, satirical poem, elegy, nesib, tegazzül, girizgah