Like any other language, Urdu also has its literature, which is rich with all kinds of thoughts and ideologies. In Urdu also, there are numerous genres of literature where one can find aesthetic appeal in different forms whether it’s the rhythm or lyre or blankness of the prose sentences.

Similar to English literature that developed under the reign of French, Urdu literature also developed in the courts of Persian rulers. In 14th century when Persians ruled over Sub-continent, they promoted and backed literature and creativity of all sorts. It is in that era that Urdu came from the army camps into the courts and was encouraged by Persian rulers.

Among different genres of Urdu literature the one most popular and that is a part of every Urdu language course is Urdu poetry. It is one of the prominent forms of Urdu literature and without it the learning of Urdu literature is not complete.

The primary reason why Urdu poetry is so famous is the fact that it carries great musicality and the literary devices used in it are also of a higher level. Moreover, the amalgam of Persian style, metaphors and diction makes Urdu poetry a unique blend of intellectual profoundness and aesthetic appeal. This is the reason why all the courses of Urdu are considered incomplete without reading Urdu poetry. Pertaining to reading of Urdu poetry, there are different sources from which an Urdu learner can benefit.

The first and most conventional source of reading Urdu poetry is the books. Every poet who has written Urdu poetry or writes Urdu poetry primarily publishes it in the book form; therefore, a language learner can easily find Urdu poetry collections of different poets from a good book store. Reading of poetry from a book is both conventional and also helps a language learner get into the habit of reading books. Moreover, buying a book also helps the poet financially, which encourages other poets to have their poetry published.

The second and contemporary source of reading Urdu poetry is reading it online. Everything that people do these days is connected to the online world. Therefore, there are numerous websites that contain Urdu poetry and a Urdu learner can easily access those websites and start reading the poetry of old as well as the contemporary Urdu poets. The benefit of reading Urdu poetry by this method is convenience as the learner just needs a computer and he or she can easily start reading Urdu poetry.

The third and advanced way of reading Urdu poetry is in the form of different mobile phone applications. There are numerous Urdu institutes that have developed different applications for different mobile platforms, the users of which can easily install the applications on their phone and start reading Urdu poetry from there. The prime benefit of reading Urdu poetry via this method is mobility. Now a reader can easily read poetry on the go whether it is on way to office or while sitting in bed.

Conclusion:

In short, poetry is the renowned and globally reckoned genre of Urdu literature and learners of Urdu can read poetry via book, through online websites and by installing mobile applications.

Author Aini Malik is content expert at online Urdu learning platform named as Urdu reading where anyone can join Urdu language course especially a person who has passion about learning new language.