“A Comparative Study of Romanticism in the Poetry of Iqbal and Tagore”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-language: ER;">Abstract</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-language: ER;">This paper presents a comparative study of the major elements of Romanticism in the poetry of Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Rabindranath Tagore. Romanticism, as a literary and intellectual movement, emphasizes imagination, love of nature, spirituality, nostalgia for the past, aesthetic beauty, and individual freedom. Both Iqbal and Tagore embody these Romantic traits within their distinct cultural, philosophical, and artistic contexts, giving them new dimensions and unique expressive forms. The study highlights that while both poets share Romantic features such as imaginative elevation, vivid nature imagery, spiritual experience, and humanistic love, the foundations and purposes of their Romanticism differ significantly. Iqbal&rsquo;s Romantic vision is rooted in action, selfhood (khudi), dynamism, and revolutionary consciousness, whereas Tagore&rsquo;s Romanticism revolves around aesthetic harmony, divine unity, contemplative serenity, and the celebration of universal humanism. Through this comparative analysis, the paper clarifies the similarities and distinctions in the poets&rsquo; philosophical frameworks, aesthetic sensibilities, and Romantic ideals, thereby underscoring the richness and diversity of South Asian literary heritage</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-language: ER;">.</span></p>