Abstract
Rendering eulogies is not a novel phenomenon. The tradition
seems to be as old as the tragedy of death itself. East or West,
the memory of dears-departed is commemorated through elegies
ormerthia-nigari (writing poems of bereavement). If the
deceasedperson happens to be a poet, in Urdu literary tradition
of epitaphs,he is showered with the poetic-carnations having
references to his own poetry.Whereas in English versification of
such poems is called pastoral elegies where a gradual shift from
utter sense of loss, to consolation in memorable thoughts of the
late-bardto a sense of resolution could be seen.This paper
attempts to critically analyse Daud Kamal’s poem, Ascent
written on death of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. In this elegy Daud Kamal
seems to combine the oriental and occidental traditionsas a
living example of his theory of Compass of love: “There is no
/east or west /in the vast compass /of love” (Khwaja,
1988,p.50). Further, he has stylised this poem in a witty pattern
of “eight” that reveals a lot about Faiz Ahmed’s poetry and his
own poetic person.
Komal Shahzadi . (2016) JEWELLED GRACE OF NOVEMBER LEAVES: THE ELEGIAC CARNATIONS BY DAUD KAMAL ON DEATH OF FAIZ AHMED FAIZ , Mayar , Volume 15-16, Issue 1 .
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