What Makes Mir Taqi Mir Unique in Urdu Poetry? 📖

Delve into the emotional richness and lyrical elegance of Mir Taqi Mir's poetry, where literary artistry is skillfully unraveled with scholar Ahmad Javaid, transforming simplicity into deeply profound poetic expressions.
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The little blossom has learned the art of maturing at a slow pace from her half-dreamy eyes such simplicity the words seem to hold, Inviting a confident understanding in the observer. The reader feels assured of having grasped its meaning yet, observe the subtlety in the poet's craft: 'Khilna', the act of blossoming, a verbal noun, In Urdu poetry, it's a convention that the syllable with the letter Alif must not be muted, but pronounced in full within the verse.
Could a poet of Mir's stature be unaware of this norm? he still flouts this rule here, notice the softening of the Alif in 'khilna'.
In poetry, such deviations are seen as major flaws, but Mir transforms this perceived imperfection into a merit.
Khilna kam kam he crafts its imagery, elevating the verse to realms of literary significance, transcending its apparent simplicity.