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A Study of Akhtar Sharani's Non-Romantic Poetry

Abstract

This research article explores the non-romantic dimensions of Akhtar Sharani’s poetry highlighting its intellectual depth social consciousness and aesthetic complexity. While Sharani is widely celebrated as a romantic poet this research article argues that his non-romantic verse presents a profound engagement with existential anxieties human suffering and socio-cultural contradictions. His poetry reflects themes of disillusionment fragility of life, and psychological conflict articulated through a deceptively simple yet symbolically rich style. The study examines selected poems to demonstrate how Sharani transforms personal emotion into a broader philosophical inquiry. His treatment of love and spirituality reveals an interplay between romantic imagination and realistic perception. Moreover, his poetic imagery and narrative voice expose moral decline social tensions, and inner fragmentation. The research situates Sharani within a wider Urdu literary tradition emphasizing his role as a thinker beyond romanticism. Ultimately, his non-romantic poetry emerges as a space of reflective resistance and intellectual awakening, inviting readers toward critical contemplation.