EXPLORING ALAMGIR HASHMI'S POEM “EID” EMPLOYING HALLIDAYAN THEORY OF SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine M.A.K. Halliday created linguistic framework known as Systemic Functional Grammar The idea of SFG offers a point of view about the phenomena of language helping to do literary analysis. The present study focuses on pointing out the useful components used in the poem “Eid” written by Alamgir Hashmi. The poem was analyzed by applying the three core functional methodologies, the Ideational, interpersonal and textual functions of language. The first method was applied to represents the part of language that works as a communication tool between the reader and the writer and speaker and listener as well. The second strategy discusses about the grammatical analysis of the individuals and interpersonal connections. Textual analysis was also carried out on textual meaning and other impressions formed by recent findings. The current study also focused on the theme and the core functional notion that was passed on through poetry. It is concluded with the number of evaluation and analysis of the poem that the poet’s importance was on eradicating the root cause of poverty by solidifying cultural and religious bonds of Muslim community