Comparison of Emily Dickinson and Kishwar Naheed with special reference to their selected poems “They shut me up like a prose” and “The grass is really like me” in Feminist Perspective”

Abstract

In this paper, the poems of American English poet  Emily Dickinson and Pakistani Urdu poet Kishwar Naheed in the context of feminism are analyzed. Emily Dickinson was considered as one of the great poet of nineteenth century who broke the traditional style and commanded a singular brilliance of style and integrity of vision while Kishwar Naheed as one of the great poet of twentieth century who wrote about woman rights by defying conventions. This study explores the cultural and social diversity as well as commonalities between two different countries in the context of feminism. This paper discusses the biography of two poets and compares them to analyze the differences and similarities between two totally opposite cultures. The poems “They shut me up like a prose” by Emily Dickinson and “The grass is really like me” that is translated from Urdu to English by Kishwar Naheed are selected. The study explores the elements of interests in the form of resemblance between the biographies of two poets and then the selected poems are discussed in feminist perspective. The study is beneficial for the students and researchers of literature and literary criticism as it provides a lot of knowledge and is advantageous for those who wants to analyze the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson and Kishwar Naheed and who wants to explore them in future.