The grass is really like me- Poem

Poem by Kishwar Naheed
PPT Prepared and Presented by my Dear Students: Ms.Athira Saju & Ms.Ayesha Subair

1. The Grass is Really Like Me Poem by Kishwar Naheed Prepared by : Athira Saju & Ayesha Subair

2. About the poet Kishwar Naheed is a feminist Urdu poet from Pakistan Born in Bulandshahr , Uttar Pradesh,1940 Fought a lot to receive education Received a Master Degree in Economics from Punjab University, Lahore Lab-i—goya,1968 Kishwar also writes for children and for the daily Jang, a national newspaper Her poetry has been translated into English and Spanish Her famous poem ‘We Sinful Women’ translated and edited by Rukhsana Ahmad Director General of Pakistan National Council of the Arts before her retirement

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4. The Grass is Really L ike M e The grass is also like me it has to unfurl underfoot to fulfill itself but what does its wetness manifest: a scorching sense of shame or the heat of emotion? The grass is also like me As soon as it can raise its head the lawnmower obsessed with flattening it into velvet, mows it down again. How you strive and Endeavour to level woman down too! But neither the earth’s nor woman’s desire to manifest life dies. Take my advice: the idea of making a footpath was a good one. Those who cannot bear the scorching defeat of their courage are grafted on to the earth. That’s how they make way for the mighty but they are merely straw not grass T he grass is really like me.

5. Analysis The grass is also like me it has to unfurl underfoot to fulfil itself but what does its wetness manifest: a scorching sense of shame or the heat of emotion? Here ‘ Me’ refers to the entire women folk. Women compares herself to the grass here. Author says, despite the grass is mowed down repeatedly it finds new ways to spread out by freeing itself that is it tries to progress. In the same way women tries to progress even after she faces a lot of humiliations in the society

6. The grass is also like me As soon as it can raise its head the lawnmower obsessed with flattening it into velvet, mows it down again. Here the ‘lawnmower’ is referred to as the male dominating society. When the grass is about to raise its head to grow happily, the lawnmower smoothen them by mowing it. In the same way when women tries to progress, the male dominating society tramples on her independence and forces her to remain calm [to remain unimportant].

7. How you strive and Endeavour to level woman down too! But neither the earth’s nor woman’s desire to manifest life dies. Take my advice: the idea of making a footpath was a good one. As we all know despite of grass being moved down repeatedly it continues to grow. In the same manner how many number of times a man tries to stifle the independence of she continues to strive for it. Here she gives an idea for the people to create a footpath instead of moving down the grass for them to make their way. This means she is asking the male dominating society to let the women folk to grow and let her to be independent and to remain important.

8. Those who cannot bear the scorching defeat of their courage are grafted on to the earth. That’s how they make way for the mighty but they are merely straw not grass —the grass is really like me. When women try to gain independence they are subdued by men. Thus, women become helpless and defeated . These defeated women become living dead. she compares her life to dry grass which has no life.

9. Figure of speech Simile Personification Metaphor

10. Symbols Grass Lawnmower straw

11. References… https://www.poetryinternational.org/

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