Ubiquity of Lyrical vein in the poetry of Habba Khatoon and Sarojini Naidu

Abstract

This research aims to evaluate the presence of Lyrical vein in the poetry of Habba Khatoon and Sarojini Naidu. Habba Khatoon is the 16th century Kashmiri poet and Sarojini Naidu, the 20th century poet from Hyderabad, India. Khatoon is considered as the “Nightingale of Kashmir” and Sarojini Naidu is crowned with the sobriquet “Nightingale of India”. The centre of attention in this research is the comparative study of their poetry and how both the poets, though belonging to different period of time, places, religion and milieus depicts the same conventions in terms of Lyricism. The elements studied in this stream are characters, situations, places, language, metaphors and similes in their poems. The researcher used the qualitative research and essentials of Orality and Lyricism to analyse the poems carefully. The poems are mostly folk songs and are sung even today and therefore has been additive since ages. The oral literature has been the main agent in the legacy of their songs. The songs carry the musical quality and have also been the focal point in this research. The conclusion of this research exhibits that the poetry of both poets is flooded with the elements of Lyricism. Both the poets are subjective in writing. They have used the situations, places and characters usually from the common life. The use of metaphors and similes by the poets witnesses the artistic taste of the Medieval and Modern poetry. The study exhibits the similarities witnessed through their evaluation.

Keywords

• imagery
• lyricism
• melody
• orality
• refrain