Week 9 Reading Notes Part B

Reading Notes 

Part B

Week 9

• Ghalib was the most famous routinely quoted poet of both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. And most people who were fans knew poems by heart. The style of writing Ghalib practiced was one of making his words become an image for his readers. 
• While reading the poems flowed so well they made me feel Ghalib was ahead of his time because I understand his focus of the poem and actually get lesson from reading. 
• This type of writing on pg. 594 "Ghalib, it's no use forcing your way with love: that doesn't catch when lit and doesn't die when doused" Ghalib leaves readers with images running through the brain of a boy trying to catch his love which is the flame. Well at least thats what I am getting from the poem. 
• Also while reading I catch the theme in the poems of the author Ghalib talking in third person and although that is a new way of poetry I have never witnessed. In a way it made me feel like he was having a conversation with me. 
• "Tonight somewhere, you're sleeping by the side of another lover, a stranger: otherwise, what reason would you have for visiting my dreams and smiling your half smile". Reading this part of the text made the poem feel more like a conversation or a text message exchange this day in age. 
• The short couple of poems in the beginning of the reading also caught my attention on page 591 and it goes a little on to pg. 592. "Now go Live in that place" was an interesting one because it was such a harsh punishment given to whoever in the poem. One part says " and if you die, no one to mourn you there". 
• Such a harsh punishment but given in such detail with only six lines of poetry which is beautiful I wish my communication skills were that good to where I explain something like hate into six lines of poetry just as Ghalid on pg. 591 did.