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Simin Behbahani, twice nominated for the Nobel Prize and called 'the lioness of Iran', renewed which classical verse form?
A
The ghazal
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B
The epic masnavi
C
The quatrain
D
The qasida
Behbahani poured modern themes into the ancient ghazal, transforming it.
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