What transformation in the perception of love do you see in the poem?O

1.	What transformation in the perception of love do you see in the poem?ORWhat change in the poet’s attitude towards his beloved do you notice in the poem?ORIn the poem, the poet’s perception of love changes with time. What reasons does he give for this change?ORHow does the responsibility of the speaker as a human being change his perception of love in ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
Answer» We see that Faiz Ahmad moves from the personal to the political, from the particular to the general in his concept of love in the poem ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’. If the poet was confined to the world of romantic love in the past, he now moves out of it to enter the world of love where he can extend his love to his fellow brethren. It is not that he loves his beloved less, but that he knows that the emotion of love is all-encompassing and it need not remain limited to one individual. In the past, if one individual happened to be his world, now he sees that the world is much more than just an individual. Earlier, if he thought there was no greater joy or sorrow than the ones resulting from his love for the beloved, he now knows that the world has greater promises and greater trials too. Thus, the speaker accepts the truth that in the past he wove around himself an illusory web of love, but now he knows that such a world was far from being real. Thus we see that the poet rises from the material to the ideal in his concept and avowal of love.

What transformation in the perception of love do you see in the poem?ORWhat change in the poet’s attitude towards his beloved do you notice in the poem?ORIn the poem, the poet’s perception of love changes with time. What reasons does he give for this change?ORHow does the responsibility of the speaker as a human being change his perception of love in ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?

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We see that Faiz Ahmad moves from the personal to the political, from the particular to the general in his concept of love in the poem ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’. If the poet was confined to the world of romantic love in the past, he now moves out of it to enter the world of love where he can extend his love to his fellow brethren. It is not that he loves his beloved less, but that he knows that the emotion of love is all-encompassing and it need not remain limited to one individual.

In the past, if one individual happened to be his world, now he sees that the world is much more than just an individual. Earlier, if he thought there was no greater joy or sorrow than the ones resulting from his love for the beloved, he now knows that the world has greater promises and greater trials too. Thus, the speaker accepts the truth that in the past he wove around himself an illusory web of love, but now he knows that such a world was far from being real. Thus we see that the poet rises from the material to the ideal in his concept and avowal of love.

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