“THE RAIN” “OZYMANDIAS ”

This is a very beautiful poem in which the poet depets the The poet regrets his sad feelings to describe the current
beautiful and charming sight of the rain, one of the most situtaions for one of the most powerful king of this time.
incredible object of nature. The rain chowers to everything Time is a very crul thing man becomes proud by success he
without any discrimination. forgets that life is merciless and death is a great leveller.

“NIGHT MAIL” “THE FEED”

This is a superb poem in which the poet narrates the In this poem the poet expresses the love of a mother
journey of a train which carry mails from one place to towards her young once. The poet beautifully describes
another. The most important feature of this non-passenger the sacrifice of a mother sparrow to her tiny tots when
train is that it follows the time table and reach its there is only one grain of millet for ten babies and she
destination on time. distributes it among them and remains herself hungry.

“LOVELIEST OF TREES, “THE HOLLOW MEN”

The poet is of the views that modern men has no moral
THE CHERRY NOW” values and feelings as were seen in past societies.
The poet is basically a lover of nature. Therefore he express Individuality has shaken the true spirit of humanity from
his views regarding one of his loveliest tree, named cherry. them. Now, man is only a puppet of his desires.
He says that life is too short to enjoy the beauty of nature
especially the cherry tree in spring season. “LEISURE”
“O WHERE ARE YOU GOING” The poet says that a modern man is leading a poor life. He
cannot enjoy the beauty that spreads all around. His life is
This is a symbolic poem in which the poet potrays two full of cares and fears. He remains busy in his worldly
imaginary characters to explain the importance of pursuits and does not spare some moments to spend in
courage and move forward without showing the cower the company of dynamic nature.
dise. Success always achieve after facing hardships in life,
as there is no shortcuts for success. “RUBA ` YAT”
The poet says that now-a-days the hearts of the Muslims
“IN THE STREET OF THE FRUIT do not throb with the love of Allah and his prophet. The
Muslims are not mod on Allah now. They neglect the
STALLS ” divine love. Divine love keeps the Muslims spiritually
The lines shows the great interest and concern of the poet dynamic and zestful.
for the local poor children of a slum, which was affected
by the misery of war. The tots get a coin from their home “A TAIL OF TWO CITIES”
and come to fruit shop to purchase fruit of their will. The poet says in the world war2. The Americans in their
fierce fury dropped two atom bombs on Japan. The bomb
“A SINDHI WOMEN ” immediately devastated their target. This was the black day
This is a very beautiful poem in which the poet depicts the’ for Japanese. They had to indure the massive destruction,
clear picture of karachi ` s slum. In this area, one can see fire and the radiation of blast.
the garbage and waste where a women walks through
and performs her daily tasks perfectly. “MY NEIGHBOUR FRIEND
“TIMES ” BREATHING HIS LAST”
The poet reveals the reality in these lines to describe that Death is a plain fact. None can deny it. The Holy Quran
there is a specific time for everything in this world. A time says” EVERY HUMAN BEING IS BOUND TO TASTE DEATH”
to creat and decorate things and a time when these usually a death scene is pathetic. It arouses the feelings
decorated things have to ruin. of grief and pity. The poet also feels a stabbing pain in his
heart when he see his spiritual guide death. This scene has
made him sad and shocked.
 “HE CAME TO KNOW HIMSELF”
Allah has neither beginning nor end. He is an absolute
being. He wanted to be known. Therefore He created the
universe which is nothing out his reflection and
manifestation. His only purpose to create this universe was
to reveal his being.
“GOD`ATTRIBUTES”
The poet says that ALLAH is seeing, hearing and knowing.
He sees, hears and knows everything all the time. So,
people should not do anything wrong knowing that
ALLAH sees them. They should not speak evil because
ALLAH hear. They should not plot evil because ALLAH
knows their plans. All the additional names of ALLAH are
his attributes. They are not mere accidental names.
“THE DELIGHT SONG”
The poet identify himself with many beautiful things. He
says that he is a feather, a blue horse, a shiny fish, a
shadow of child, an evening light, an eagle, a shine on
snow, the track of moon on water and flame of four colors.
He says that he is alive. He has relation with Earth, the lords
of the earth. He has relation with all beautiful and fruitful
things.

“LOVE-AN ESSENCE OF ALL

RELIGIONS”
The poet says that love is great feelings. It can change
thorns into roses, vinegar into sweat wine, stake into
thorn, misfortune into fortune, burning fire into pleasing l
ights, stones into butter and grief into joy. It can make lions
harmless. It can make a king your slaves.

“A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT

OF DEEDS”
In this poem the tell us the harms of laziness. Man should
not be talkative. He should do some good deeds. The
person who only talks is like a garden full of weeds. When
the snow falls on it, it looks like a bird. When the bird flies it
looks like an eagle. When the sky roars it looks like a lion.
When the door cracks, it hurt you back smarts, it hurts your
heart. When the heart bleeds, the person died.
“IN BROKEN IMAGES”
The poet compares himself with a sharp person. The sharp
person has clear images. He trusts his clear images and
assumes relevancy of hi findings. His facts fail him. He get
confused and therefore dull in understanding. On the
other hand, the poet is dull and has broken images. He
mistrusts his images and doubts his finding. He thinks
more and more. He finds the truth and therefore become
sharp.