NAME: ASMA BASHIR COURSE: INTRO.

TO PAKISTANI LITERATURE

SEMESTER: 3-C DATE: 17TH MARCH 2021

ROLL.NO: 819502

English poetry by Pakistani poets incorporated culture and traditions of traditional society (Taufiq
Rafat+ Daud Kamal as reference)

English poetry in Pakistan has a big impact. It tells us about the modern society and how Pakistanis react
towards this kind of poetry. Pakistani literature is a clear picture of modern society; what kind of issues
were faced, what important factors rose at this time period. Taufiq Rafat is considered as the pioneer of
English poetry because he used English language to show emotions and sensibility in Pakistan. The
English writing that has been created and advanced in Pakistan by Pakistani or Pakistani diaspora
authors is known as 'Pakistani Literature in English'. The introduction of sentiments, feelings, and
expressions they had found in the composition of British English essayists, reflects in the composition of
these Indian English writers and it proceeded till 1947. After the session, Indian essayists wanted to
focus on the Indian culture, custom, imagery and symbolism to make their own character in the world of
literature. They built up another sort of verse which is a good example of their way of life, custom,
identity and what else they had in their society. English Poetry in Pakistan is set apart with productive
writers like Daud Kamal and others however Taufiq Rafat holds an important place among every one of
them because of his interesting style and strange vocabulary in portraying the way of life of Pakistan.
Rafat's anxiety with Pakistani phrase is a declaration of the contention among custom and advancement.
Modernism has fundamentally advanced with its foundations before while, simultaneously, containing
new components from social dynamism and reality factors of the cutting edge society. It has been
created out of custom, culture, feelings and recollections of past. Present day artists have rather moved
from the customary style of character based/independence verse to the patterns of reality, widespread
topics and new styles. Such looks at current customs can be all around saw in Rafat's poetry. Modern
writers have elaborated the customary guidelines of verse and made analyses with the stanza line,
rhyme and stanzas; presenting the utilization of "free verse". Rafat likewise followed this cutting edge
custom, a model being the line

"There she was/tall and straight/as sugarcane tail"

in his sonnet Kitchens. Rafat has additionally utilized numerous Pakistani neighborhood pictures in his
poetry His sonnet Kitchens is about nearby Pakistani culture and this reality is clear within the initial line
of the sonnet:

"Kitchens were places, we grew up in"

It is required a improving of more proportional fonts esteems and has underlined on the flexibility to
explore different avenues regarding non-customary section structures which is additionally utilized by
Taufiq Rafat. He uses a very simple and conversational language to speak about the simple ideas and
experiences around us. Every word in his poem contributes to the themes of the poems. In his poem,
“wedding in the flood” we will find out the Pakistani culture, the economic situation of Punjab, and
some of the ironic situations developed by the poet. The poem is rich with images. This poem shows
Punjabi culture where there are plenty of superstitions thanks to which females suffer plenty. This poem
also contains Pakistani tradition during which the bride licks pots thanks to which her marriage is
difficult. Groom’s parents think that licking pot and having such heavy rain isn't an honest sign because
of which the the bride feel discontented. it's superstitiously considered that this bride may need licked
too many pots. Now the poet throws light on the dowry (a cot, a tin trunk, and a mirror) attractively
decorated. The mother of the bride is narrating that four people lifted the palanquin and take her
daughter faraway from her house. Now she is unable to work out the slow pace people similarly.
Palanquin also symbolizes the funeral that picks up by four people. It shows another picture of our
society that in rural areas boy isn't let to work out his fiancé till marriage. Same here the husband just
imagines her beauty by seeing his wife's hands, which are attractive. Same is that the case along with his
poem “kitchens” and “Ducks” during which he relates the trendy society of Pakistan. The kitchens of the
good old days were compared with kitchens of the trendy world.

On the opposite hand we've got Daud Kamal, who is additionally referred to as the most effective writer
of Pakistani literature. His works convey a way of loss and spiritual displacement within the face of
violence and cultural era. Kamal writes beautifully, little fragments of beauty sort of a pearl necklace. He
plays with the thought of brutal injustice of kings or common men. the most themes discussed by Daud
Kamal are rural and rustic. His deep observation of small things reflects through his poems in a very vast
manner. Strands of Sufism are visible in Daud Kamal’s poetry. He talks innocently of the good Himalayas,
starry sky, sparkling waters and trees. He allows his readers to appear deeply the type of connection his
soul has with the universe. He showcases his struggle towards self-discovery. His poetry encompasses a
unique sense of history. Kamal was a person of compassion, and wanted to serve the humanity. He
wasn't blind to what was happening around him. He could sense and feel the unjust society we lived in.
the necessity to attach to the culture and traditions of the past is clear in his poetry. He puts forth a
graphic imagery of the changing history relating a brand new quite destructive strategy that was set in.
Kamal underwent the changes and deeply felt those which occurred thanks to the independence. Daud
Kamal stayed under covers as a poet and a literary figure. He has always been on the margins. For Kamal
quite fame the voice of the commoners mattered. He helped them reach to the surface to create the
people tuned in to the atrocities of post-independence.