منیر نیازی کی شاعری کا بدیعی رنگ و آہنگ

Abstract

Munir Niazi came to the fore as one of the most influential voices of Urdu poetry in the last half of the twentieth century. His poetry is a coalescence of reality and awe and fascination .In his poetry, the reality peers out from the mirror of fascination and admiration. The poetic experiences of Munir Niazi manifest through an affinity to nature. There are outstanding examples of "Ilm-e-badii" (the rules of consistency, eloquence, rhetoric and ingenuity). In "Ilm-e-badii" the literal and metaphorical meanings of a word are put into use. Looking from another prospective, "Ilm-e-badii" is a kind of rhetoric, where the literal and metaphorical meanings of words are employed in such a masterful way that they become an organic whole, resulting in effective and expressive verses. The present article explores the figures of speech engaged in Munir's poetry. The different forms of "saanat-e-tajnees" (paronomasia like Homophonic, Homographic, Homonymic, Recursive and compound)," saanat-e -takraar(Repetition like Apostrophe, Diacope, Epizeuxis, polyptoton and Epanalepsis) and "Sanaat-e-Tazaad" (contrast like Antithesis, Oxymoron and paradox) and many other tropes of speech and rhetoric. In Munir Niazi's oeuvre, above mentioned figures of speech have been manipulated with such consummate artistry and wizardry that there are no convolutions and results in efficacy and lucidity. The astute and expedient use of these figures is no mean task and some of the poets cannot maintain a befitting balance but Munir Niazi's poetry is free of any such blemishes.