The Divan of Edirneli Faiz analysis-text-index

Fâiz was born in Edirne. That is why he is called as ?Edirneli Fâiz?. It isnot exactly known when he was born. He lived in Edirne in about entire of hislife. He worked in various Moslem theological schools (Medrese in Turkish) inEdirne as a muderris that refers to a university teacher. We know from thereferences that he was good at the art of Turkish calligraphy besides poetryand science.In tezkires, Fâiz is mentioned with his talent, well mannered, wisdomand maturity. He was influenced from the masters of his period. Some ofthem are Nef?i, Seyhulislam Yahya, Nâbû and Sırrû. Fâiz who wrote somenazires for Nâbû and Sırrû was known by the poets around Edirne. Some ofhis coevals such as Nazûm and Râzû wrote nazires for him.Edirneli Fâiz had a great self- confidence. He saw himself as a poetwho gives order to words. We determine that he had some effects oflocalization trend. He caught an original expression that was used by folk byusing some proverbs and phrases. His Turkish was so pure. It is possible tosay that he was not influenced from the trend of Sebk-i Hindi.Edirneli Fâiz used the important places and people from Edirne, fromth18 century in his poems. So, it is possible to reach some information aboutthe history and the sociology of Edirne in his divan.In this study, we have brought to light his poet side and his divan andalso the imitations that were used by Fâiz.