Faiz's Use Of Tone In Literature

Jaime Janssen Dr. Nicholson Honors English 10 Period 2 March 23, 2017 Indian and Pakistan Literature Literature tends to be written to make readers feel a variety of emotions due to the overall feeling intended by the author. Tone is the voice of the author in which literature was written. Authors usually use tone in their literature so the readers can understand what the author feels, and consequently makes readers perceive the same emotion. In India and Pakistan, authors create a dark tone in their literature by using specific literary elements throughout their writing. Three prominent ones they use are; visual imagery and similes to illustrate mental pictures for readers, and also specific diction to finalize the dark tone of their literature.

Faiz shows people hoping to overcome the darkness and the pain, concealing themselves from it, hoping it will just get better. He repeats the subject of night, almost like day does not exist. “At this hour when night comes down . . . dragging its long face, dressed in mourning” (554). People tend to relate mourning with the color black, which relates to night and darkness, which could also be related to sadness and other dark emotions like pain. Faiz uses certain combinations of words to express his emotions, like “Though they have stolen my paper and pen, I don't grieve. I dip my fingers into my heart's blood” (551). This quote explains that even though they took away the two things that helps him express what he feels, it does not matter to him because he will still pour his heart out either way. He does not actually use the blood from his heart, but the words that he chose makes the emotion stronger, and in turn makes the readers feel what he wants them to. It can show readers pain he had gone through, as does another quote from a different poem “Prison Meeting”. “The branches of this tree of night shoot arrows into my heart”