Harvansha Rai Bachan was a noted Indian poet of Chhayavad movement. He was first Indian to get PhD. With “Madhushala” he was established as a major Hindi poet.
His some of works seems to be inspired by India freedom movements , while some seems to be effected by the death of his first wife where we see the deep sorrow clearly visible. His other works include an element of romanticism which suggests that Harvansha Rai Bachan is really romantic kind of person. Let take up some his works and try to analyze them. He is seen as a poet but his some of works are seen in songs as well as writing.
As a poet :-
(I) Madhushala :- According to me Madhushala represents joy of life.
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And rest of the life with daytime. He says the the children who were playing with the soil and flowers have gone to sleep which signifies that it is the time of sunset. Rhyme contains group of four sentences. He has used some unique words like
Astachal which means sen setting.(VII) Is Paar – Us Paar :- This is a famous poem of Mr. Harivansh
Rai Bachan. In this poem the poet expresses his about the unfamiliar life after the death. His fear is clearly visible when he says “ Lehra Lehra kar ye shakahayen, kuch shok bula deti man ka “ In simple words he says the things we are doing in this life, how are we gonna do the same after death. Is the life going to be same? Are the people going to be same? The poet seems to be clearly lost in the thoughts of life after death. He is says life is difficult in this world , Is it going to be tougher after we die? He says here is my whole life, my loved one, don't know who will be there after death. The poem is written in easy hindi language but in extremely rhythmic way.
Emotion depicted in this poem in worry .
(VIII) Kya Karu Samvedhna Lekar Tumhari :-
In this poem poem depicts the sad truth that emotional supports only increase our burden because you feel you owe something to them . He says that the social …show more content…
For example in one of his poems he condemns the society which goes against lovers. At that time this was a bigger issue of course.
Amazing metaphors are presented in his poems. Like in the poem madhushala his represent love as a tavern. He seems like a romantic guy. His poems even depict the hardships he has to face in love. He is not the guy who is not effected by society. His one poem is motivated by Bengal famine and written on the people of Bengal who are suffering due to this. His many poems are written for freedom fighters where he tries to inspire the freedom fighter to fight for the nation , for example poem, ruke na tu. His all the poems are extremely rhythmic and have a unique music in each. In his poems he has used urdu words. He seems to be influenced by Persian style of writing.
In some poems his each paragraph ends with same word. Most of his poems have a rhythm of group of 4-5 lines with two lines being rhythmic to each other.
Other Works :- Apart from being a poet he has translated some of the
English books to Hindi in excellent style. Hamlet being the one. His works are also used in some of the songs like Rang Barse. Some of the references of his