Abstract
After the final conquest of India by the British, it was felt by
the rulers that they should control the thought process of the
Native population. Poetry was the main source of inspiration
for the people. Ghazal was the most prominent medium of
poetic expression. It was felt that the symbolic expression of
the political content was almost impossible to curb. In order to
popularize poem instead of Ghazals, The British patronized
Natural Poetry. Altaf Hussain Hali, Muhammad Hussain Azad
and other prominent and popular poets were asked to compose
poems on different aspects of Nature. Consequently Musharas
were arranged in which only poems on Natural Phenomena
such as "A Rainy Day" were arranged. The main object of this
shift of themes was to persuade the Poets to ignore the
medium of Ghazl.
Dr. Sadia Tahir. (2018) THE MOVEMENT OF NATURAL POETRY IN URDU LITERATURE AT THE START OF COLONIAL ERA, DARYAFT, Volume 20, Issue 20.
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