All-Time Best Gazals! A ghazal oftentimes consists of 5 to fifteen couplets, which are independent, however, are linked – abstractly, in their theme; and greater strictly in their poetic form. The structural necessities of the ghazal are comparable in stringency to these of the Petrarchan sonnet. In fashion and content, due to its noticeably elusive nature, the ghazal has proved successful in a fantastic range of expression around its central issues of love and separation.