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This research is aimed at finding the nature and treatment of
the theme of love in poetry having different linguistic, cultural
and religious backgrounds. The selected poems of Mawlana
Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Persian Sufi poet) and William Blake
(English Romantic poet) have been analysed in this regard.
Twenty poems of each poet have been selected through
purposive sampling technique. The poems have been examined
using Catherine Dowson’s research technique and applying the
seventh principle (thematic inclusion) of Zepetnek’s
comparative model in order to find out similarities and
differences between the two poets. The reviewed literature
showed that despite having linguistic, cultural and religious
differences both the poets have identical views on various
concepts. This study however reveals that in principal they have
similar views on the theme of love while at deeper level they
maintain certain differences as well. Divine love, love for
prophets, agape, philautia, union and communion with beloved,
intensity of love, self-negation, optimism and hope, inexplicable
sadness and pains and pangs of separation: are some of the
elements related to love they hold similar views upon, though
retaining minor differences at some points. However, they are
different when it comes to purity of love, Philia, pragma, storge
and secrecy of love.
Muhammad Qasim, Munawar Iqbal Ahmad. (2020) Comparative Analysis of Love Poetry: A Recurring Theme in the Poetry of Mawlana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi and William Blake, , Volume-08, Issue-2.
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