PROJECTION OF SELFISHNESS AND HYPOCRISY IN THE POETRY OF HAMID KHAN

Abstract

This paper focuses on the themes of selfishness and hypocrisy that are foregrounded in Khan’s poetry. For this purpose, both the collections of Khan, “Velvet of Loss” and “Pale Leaf (Three Voices)” are used for the data understudy. Only those poems are selected that carry the foregrounded theme of evil. The poems that foreground selfishness are: Robot, Isolation, In a Ghost Town. Likewise, the poems that foreground the theme of hypocrisy are: The Sin, Hypocrisy, and Dualism. Selfishness and hypocrisy are the root causes of the down ride of our society and need to be eradicated. This is what is projected by Khan indirectly through the elements of foregrounding.