A Comparative Study of Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s Poem “Haqeeqat-E-Husan” and John Keats’ Poem “to Autumn”

Abstract

Comparative literature provides a platform on which literary pieces across spatial and temporal backgrounds are brought together for comparison. Similarly, the present research aims at drawing a comparison between two literary works, “Haqeeqat-e-Husn” by the eastern poet Allama Iqbal and an ode “To Autumn” by the western poet John Keats. This research analyzes the common themes in both these poems that are ‘mortality, beauty and change’. Both these poets focus on the mortal aspect of beauty and for both the poets; ‘change’ is the basic source of ‘beauty’ in this mortal world. This research also throws light on the concept of beauty as given by these poets where Keats deals with worldly beauty and Iqbal deals with spiritual beauty. These aspects provide researchers with the commonalities on account of which they can compare these works and find out the similarities in the above mentioned concepts as portrayed by both the poets.