Qasida
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A qasida (also spelled qasidah) in Arabic "قصيدة", in Persian قصیده, is a form of poetry from pre-Islamic Arabia. It typically runs more than 50 lines, and sometimes more than 100. It was later inherited by the Persians, where it became a rhymeless poem of more than 100 lines and was used and developed immensely.
[1] (http://www.bestirantravel.com/culture/poetry/poetry.html). Properly, either all the lines rhyme [2] (http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/couplet.html), or every second line of the four-line verse rhymes [3] (http://www.urdupoetry.com/poetryforms.html).
The pre-Islamic qasida maintained a single elaborate meter throughout the poem, and every line rhymed. These poems are considered some of the most elaborate in the world.
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