Projection of Hopelessness and Betrayal as Social Evils in the Poetry of Hamid Khan

Abstract

This paper focuses on the theme of hopelessness and betrayal foregrounded in Khan’s poetry. For this purpose, both the collections of Khan, “Velvet of Loss” and “Pale Leaf (Three Voices)” are used for the data understudy. Only those poems are selected that bear the said foregrounded theme. The poems that foreground the evil are:  Dark Age, The Walls, The Mist, Moon, Tomorrow, Fugitive, and Repulsed. These poems carry the theme of betrayal and hopelessness thereby making it clear that betrayal can lead to hopelessness as far as human trust and relationships are concerned. In the context of Pakistan this is very much realistic and it can also be generalized as well.