Exploring The Concept Of Life And Death In Poetry Of William Wordsworth, Percy Besshe Shelley, And Imran Shahid: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

The aim of the study is to compare a budding Pakistani poet, Imran Shahid, with two renowned Romantic poets namely, William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The focus of the study is the concept of life and death in their poetry. Their poetry show that death is not the end of life rather it is a change from shorter to a longer and everlasting life named eternity. All the three poets have revealed the concept while addressing their near and dear ones. In case of William Wordsworth it is Lucy; in Shelley it is Adonais, and in case of Imran Shahid it is his own-self.  This is a qualitative research, in which the primary data is taken from the poets’ original works and the secondary data is taken from the research articles and books, available online and in libraries. Certain poems were selected from the three poets and the data was then analyzed through textual analysis. The results indicate that all the three poets have same opinion about the eternity of the soul. Research can be conducted on the poet through other perspectives such as stylistics analysis and postmodernist approach.