Different verse forms in love masnavis, their place and functions in fiction

This study seeks to answer the question of how often and in which way verses in different verse forms such as "ghazal, kıta, murabba, terci-bend" are used in love masnavis written in Western Turkish. Some of the questions that come to mind in the subject of the existence of different verse forms in masnavis are such as that for what need and to what extent such verses exist in masnavis, how they can find a place in such works that tell a specific story without harming the nature of the story and to what extent this verses can contribute to the quality of the work considering the existence of many love masnavis telling the same subject. On the other hand, it is known that in Turkish love masnavis, unlike their predecessors in Iranian literature, this type of verses are quite popular and in demand. For this reason, in terms of understanding the unique character of Turkish masnavi literature, it is also important to reveal the subject in detail. Therefore, in order to both comprehensively address the qualities of such verses in masnavis in the example of love masnavis and to describe the literary taste manifested in these verses as a product of classical Turkish literature, the aforementioned verses are the subject of research in this study. In the first part of the study, love masnavis were found to be written in Western Turkish are analyzed in terms of the presence or absence of such verses. The masnavis containing verses in different verse forms are also analyzed in terms of verse form, meter and the use of pseudonyms in these verses. In the second part, 41 masnavis selected among the love masnavis are closely analyzed with the main focus on the place and functions of verses in different verse forms in the fiction.