Poem 2161 Amsterdam, 2019-03-18 Ghazal = Gazelle, beautiful woman, beloved Zywa (Polish) = alive, vivid This is a ghazal, the traditional Arabian style of a religious or love poem; the characteristics are: 5 or more verses, all lines have the same metre, the end rhyme scheme is aa ?a ?a ?a ?a, and the poet's name is mentioned in the last line The lines of this poem "Dear gazelle" are a trochee with an iamb, much shorter than usual with a ghazal, because WhiteLioness has limited the number of words to a maximum of 35 in the contest on the following Rumi quote:To love is human To feel pain is human Yet to still love despite the pain is pure angel Collection:The Big Secret Keyword:Love: wish (expressed)