Abstract
In poetry the process of creating images with the help of words owes essentially to the poetic imagination. Poetic imagination is innate, not earned. Faiz considers imagination the very soul and magical power of poetry, which gives life to poetic images. Faiz aesthetic and artistic sense has played a primary role in the creation of images in his poetry. This aesthetic and artistic sense has made its appearance in his poetry primarily in two ways: firstly in his particular fondness for beauty of women and secondly in his deep affinity with scenic beauty of nature. Faiz makes creative images combining both these phenomena of beauty. While drawing the word pictures of external scenes, Faiz harmonises the scenes with his own personality and thus he successfully produces breathing and lively images animated with his feeling and emotions. Faiz knows the art of forming a larger and bigger image by combining and arranging several small and unique images, like a collage, in such a superlative and masterly way that they give the reader a deeper sense of the unity of impression. The spirit of his age pervades the imagery of Faiz. Consequently, his poetic images mirror the political, social and economic condition of his age. His experience of prison has also played a vital role in the shaping of his poetic images. Solitary confinement spurred his imaginative faculty and he himself invented most vivid images that linked his internal world with his external world. Visual images abound in Faiz's poetry. However, Faiz has very successfully created some auditory images through the effects produced by the sounds of words. On the whole the poetic images of Faiz exemplify his psychological conditions and they create a misty romantic atmosphere. However, the poetic images of Faiz emit gentle warmth of life.
ڈاکٹر ریاض قدیر. (2013) فیض کی شاعرانہ امیجری, Tahqeeq Nama, Volume 12, Issue 1.
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