The Poetry of Hameeda Shaheen: A Feminist and Poetic Analysis

حمیدہ شاہین کی شاعری: ایک نسائی اور شعری تجزیہ

Abstract

Feminine voices in contemporary Urdu poetry are increasingly diverging from classical traditions and engaging with their immediate social and cultural environments. Among these voices, Hamida Shaheen holds a significant place. Her poetry offers a distinctive synthesis of feminine sensibility and contemporary consciousness, through which she articulates a wide range of life experiences. Her verses reflect a deep concern with the erosion of moral values, the existential emptiness of the present era, systemic oppression and exploitation, resistance against class-based structures, and an intense lamentation over the disintegration of ethical norms and the anguish of a fractured societal order.

Keywords: Feminism, Urdu poetry, Hamida Shaheen, Consciousness, Moral values, lamentation