Sahir Ludhianvi

1st Stanza
Taj Mahal The Taj, mayhap, to you
may seem, a mark of love supreme
You may hold this beauteous vale in
great esteem; Yet, my love, meet me
hence at some other place! How odd
for the poor folk to frequent royal
resorts; Tis strange that the amorous
souls should tread the regal paths
Trodden once by mighty kings and
their proud consorts. Behind the
facade of love my dear, you had better
seen, The marks of imperial might that
herein lie screen'd
You who take delight in tombs
of kings deceased, Should
have seen the hutments dark
where you and I did wean.
Countless men in this world
must have loved and gone,
Who would say their loves
weren't truthful or strong? But
in the name of their loves, no
memorial is raised For they
too, like you and me, belonged
to the common throng.
 2nd Stanza
These structures and sepulchres,
these ramparts and forts, These
relics of the mighty dead are, in
fact, no more Than the cancerous
tumours on the face of earth,
Fattened on our ancestor's very
blood and bones. They too must
have loved, my love, whose hands
had made, This marble monument,
nicely chiselled and shaped But their
dear ones lived and died,
unhonoured, unknown, None burnt
even a taper on their lowly graves.
 3rd Stanza

This bank of Jamuna, this edifice,

these groves and lawns, These
carved walls and doors, arches
and alcoves, An emperor on the
strength of wealth, Has played
with us a cruel joke. Meet me
hence, my love, at some other
place.
1st STANZA ELEMENTS OF POETRY
Figures of speech used :
Epiphora Personification Alliteration
Metaphor Isocolon
Metonymy Epizeuxis

Imagery - Persona
The poem was targeted for the author's loved ones. The
people close to him and who had gone with him through
the sadness and happiness in the author's life.
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Mood/Tone
The overall feeling expressed by the first stanza in the piece was
being serious and persuasive about getting the trust and love of that
one person he is in love with.
Diction
The author was very poetic in choosing words to put in the first stanza.
It was filled with deep, cheesy lines targeted towards one person and
went as far as comparing her to the Taj Mahal itself.
Theme
The overall theme expressed in the stanza was love. It was mainly about
love and how it can change people. And how love can drive us into
different unexplainable feelings deep inside us. As with the author, love
has brought him to express in poetic ways.
2nd STANZA ELEMENTS OF POETRY
Figures of speech used :
Aphaeresis
Its strange that the amorous souls should tread the regal
paths.
Paragoge
The marks of imperial might that herein lie screend.
Anaphora
These structures and sepulchers, these rampants and forts,
these relics of the mighty dead, are, in fact, no more.
This bank of Jamina, this edifice
These graves and lawns, these carved walls and doors.
2nd STANZA ELEMENTS OF POETRY

Antanaclasis
They too must have loved, my love, whose hand
had made
Scesis Onomaton
But their dear ones lived and died, unhonoured,
known
Asyndeton
These carved walls and doors, arches and
alcoves
2nd STANZA ELEMENTS OF POETRY

Oxymeron
An emperor on the strength of wealth, has played us
a cruel joke

Metonomy
Who would say their loves ones werent truthful or
strong

Isocolon
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Who, When, Where, What

Whos the speaker of the poem - Shah Jahan-Shahab-ud-din
Muhammad Khurram (Regnal name of Shan Jahan), the fifth
Mugal Emperor

Whom the poem was made - Mumtaz MahalArjumand Banu

Begnum princess of Persian nobility. She is the third wife of
Shah Jahan and his favorite. She got the name Mumtaz
Mahal from his husband meaning Jewel of The Palace.
3rd Stanza ELEMENTS OF POETRY
When 1632, this is the time that Taj Mahal was built and
perhaps the time the author is referring to.

Where does the poem take place In the city of Agra where
the Taj Mahal was built

Imagery Visual Imagery referring to the grandeur on how

the Taj mahal was built
Persona Shah Jahan
Mood/Tone Proud, delighted, satisfied
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Diction
a) Edifice - a building, especially a large, imposing one
b) Groves - a small wood, orchard, or group of trees.
c) Lawns - an area of short, mown grass in a yard, garden, or park.
d) Arches - structure or a part of a building that represents an arch-
shape
e) Alcoves - a recess, typically in the wall of a room or of a garden.
f) Hence - as a consequence; for this reason.
g) Cruel - willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no
concern about it.
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