Question

This author wrote a collection that contains fictional romances of both Bahram Guro and Alexander the Great, as well as Koshrow and Shirin. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet who wrote about the ill-fated lovers Laila and Majnun and the Seven Princesses in his Khamsa.
ANSWER: Nizami Ganjavi [or Nezami]
[10m] Much of the Khamsa retells stories found in this poet’s Shahnameh, which also contains the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab.
ANSWER: Ferdowsi [or Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi]
[10e] Both the Khamsa and the Shahnameh were written in this verse form that typifies Persian love ghazals [guzzles]. This poetic form consists of two lines that have the same meter and rhyme.
ANSWER: couplet [or distich]
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