Bâkî
Sultan of Poets — Ottoman classical verse at its height
Called the Sultan of Poets. His ghazals achieve a formal perfection that represents Ottoman divan poetry at its absolute peak. His elegy for Sultan Süleyman is the most famous poem in Turkish literature.
Key works
- Divan~1560s-1590s— Ghazals of classical perfection — the summit of Ottoman verse
- Elegy for Sultan Süleyman (Kanuni Mersiyesi)1566— The most famous Ottoman poem — 'the world is not eternal'