A Critical Analysis of Personification and Simile as Literary Devices in Imtiaz Dharker’s Poem Postcards from God

Abstract

Figurative language is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It is used to create a more vivid and imaginative description of something, often by comparing it to something else. Figurative language is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It is used to create a more vivid and imaginative description of something, often by comparing it to something else. Figurative language includes metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, and idioms. Therefore, the researcher of the present study only focuses on the analysis of the personifications and similes in Imtiaz Dharker’s poem “Postcards from God”. There are two research problems: to identify and analyze the personifications and similes and to find out the meaning of the personifications and similes in Imtiaz Dharker’s poem “Postcards from God”. The findings of the research revealed that the poet employs similes and personifications in the poem, and the meanings of the personifications and similes are based on infancy, exile, travel, home, displacement, religious conflict and fear, and ultimately, grief.