Exploring Stylistic Elements in Daud Kamal’s Poem Plough & Oxen

Abstract

The stylistic study of Daud Kamal’s poem ’Plough & Oxen’ is a unique and significant contribution to Pakistani literature. It delves into the literary devices and strategies that Kamal uniquely employs to evoke meaning and readers' emotions. This study, with its aim to enhance readers' understanding of Kamal's unique style, explores how the poem's distinctive use of poetic devices enhances its aesthetic and thematic features. Kamal’s poetry stands out for its captivating use of a variety of sounds, a feature that this study aims to unravel. The poem is melodic and musical, a testament to the unique poetic approaches that this research examines. This study examines the selected poem on two levels: the Phonological level and the Syntactic level of stylistics. Phonological and syntactic levels of stylistics enable the analysis of how language is skillfully and creatively employed in poetry to produce certain stylistic effects.