COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRANSITIVITY CHOICES IN URDU POETRY OF NADEEM BHABHA AND ZAFAR IQBAL

Abstract

This study aims to investigate transitivity patterns in the Urdu poetry of Nadeem Bhabha and Zafar Iqbal. For this purpose, five couplets from Nadeem Bhabha and five couplets from Zafar Iqbal’s poetry were selected and analyzed. This piece of paper also explains the context and language of collaboration.  The study is qualitative. The data for analysis contains couplets from poems of Nadeem Bhabha and Zafar Iqbal. The analysis was carried out by using the transitivity model of Halliday (2016).  The analysis revealed that the transitivity choices made in the Urdu ghazal of both poets are significant in the construal of certain meanings. The study is significant for academicians and researchers.