The Black-White Duality Scene in the Poems of Amal Dunqul and Ted Hughes A Comparative Study

Abstract

     This research reveals the poetic celebration of the black-white duality, to the extent that poems are almost always devoid of its formations. The manifestations of black and white did not remain in the pattern known in the poem, but rather, this duality found new ways of shifting. Thus, the formations of this duality began to appear as an important element in the structure of the poetic poem. This research addresses the psychological factor within the poet, placing it on the shoulders of the black-white duality and its connotations in order to free themselves from the accumulation of suffering, feelings, and internal sensations. This research aims to describe and analyze the color scene in the poems of Amal Dunqul and Ted Hughes, then to demonstrate the similarities and differences in the color scene in their poems, using the descriptive-analytical and comparative approaches.  To analyze and compare selected poems by the Arab poet Amal Dunqul, including the poem "Against Whom", and "Sadness Cannot Read" from the collection "Collected Poems," and by the American poet Ted Hughes, including the poems "Crow's First Lesson" and "Crow's Fall" from the collection "Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow." Both poems primarily used black and white. The results concluded that the use of the black and white binary in Dunqul's and Hughes's poems was intended to express underlying psychological feelings. As for the similarities and differences, the similarity lies in the stylistic feature symbolically embodied in the way color is formulated in their poems, not merely as formal representations, but rather as images that express, through their connotations and implications, the idea conveyed to the recipient. The difference lies in the association of color.

Mats Haugland Gudmestad. (2015). The Songs That A Crow Would Sing. Master's Thesis. University Of Stavanger, Faculty Of Arts And Education.