Ghani Khan: His Flight from the Real in the Poem My Palace (Zama Mahal)
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Ghani Khan, Poetry, Escapism, My Palace (Zama Mahal), Poetic AnalysisAbstract
This study explores the theme of Escapism in Ghani Khan's poetry My Palace (Zama Mahal), focusing on how the speaker utilizes the construction of an idealized world as an escape route to avoid the difficulties of daily life. The study thoroughly analyses the poem in both its Pashto original and its English translation using a qualitative research design in order to find literary techniques, thematic notions, and instances of escape. The results provide insight into the profound meaning of escape in Ghani Khan's poetry and offer an innovative perspective on the longstanding human desire to escape reality and find comfort in the world of the imagination. This research contributes to the existing body of knowledge on Ghani Khan's literary legacy, highlighting a theme that has received limited scholarly attention.
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