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Volume 15:4 April 2015
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Animal Metaphors in Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s Poem “Kutte”

Ali R. Fatihi, Ph.D.


Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
Courtesy: http://sites.duke.edu/wordsonwalls/ http://beta.bodhicommons.org/article/faiz-between-romance-and-revolution

Abstract

No other nonhuman source has served as the basis for more metaphors than animals. Thornton (1989) argued that HUMANS were most often represented by the category mammals, mainly because of their similarity, familiarity, and closeness to mankind. Having in mind the pervasive use of ANIMAL metaphors in poetry, not much systematic research has been done to explain why animals and their distinctive characteristics so frequently serve as a poetic device. In this paper, we deal with some metaphorically used poetic expressions in Faiz Ahmad Faiz poem Kutte (Dogs) that is based on the ANIMAL metaphor.

Key words: Metaphor, animal metaphor, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, poem Kutte

Animal Metaphors

No other nonhuman source has served as the basis for more metaphors than animals and therefore metaphors can also be categorized as Animal Metaphors (AM). Among so many animal names which were used in different metaphorical expressions and which referred to people, mammals were the most used animal terms. Thornton (1989), thus, argued that HUMANS were most often represented by the category mammals mainly because of their similarity, familiarity, and closeness to humankind.

On the contrary, the smallest number of animal terms used with reference to HUMANS was derived from the class which was probably the least similar, familiar, and close to the human species, that is to say crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and shrimp.

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Ali R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
HUFS
Seoul
South Korea
fatihi.ar@gmail.com
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