A Comparative Analysis Of “Zama Mahal” By Ghani Khan And “Kubla Khan” By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Abstract

This research study aims to compare the poems “Zama Mahal” By Ghani Khan and “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The study focuses on the poems' thematic analysis and elements of nature and supernatural. The study is qualitative in nature and falls under the interpretive paradigm. The tools of data collection for this study were the original texts of the two poems which were thoroughly and closely read. To investigate the similarities and differences of the selected poems, the technique of thematic analysis was used. The study revealed similarities and differences between the themes of the poems. The poems share the themes of beauty, escapism, nature, and art whereas, the contrasting themes include mysticism and violence. In addition, the findings also revealed the existence of a blend of natural and supernatural elements in the selected poems. The central theme of the poem “Zama Mahal” revolves around the creation of a palace and its beauty. Ghani Khan has glorified the beauty of the palace and his beloved one by referring to the concrete elements of nature and he goes from natural elements to the supernatural ideas for further glorification. Similarly, Coleridge in his poem “Kubla Khan” opens up with the idea that an emperor has ordered the creation of a pleasure dome, a palace. This Palace appears as something supernatural to the reader that has no existence in reality. As a supernatural poet he has used imageries of natural elements like; river, forest, trees, hills, sinuous rills and gardens in the creation of the palace which is supernatural in nature.