Notes on Persian Poetry - Update

This from poet Annie Finch:

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Finch writes: "I was not surprised when, recently, I read in Meg Bogin’s book The Women Troubadours that were it not for Persian poetry, English poetry would have no rhyme; the gift of rhyme came to us from Iran by way of the troubadour poets, through North Africa and into southern Europe. I will never be surprised again by anything I learn about the importance of poetry in Persian culture."

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Manuscript page: Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209) 1433-1434. Shiraz, Probably Iran Freer & Sackler Galleries - S1986.33