EXPLORING ALAMGIR HASHMI'S POEM "SNOW" USING HALLIDAY'S SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR FRAMEWORK: A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

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Systemic functional grammar textual interpersonal ideational experiential Mood Modality transitivity patterns

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MAIDA MAQSOOD, AMADA, RAMSHA SHAFIQUE, ABDUR RAUF, AMNA ZAHID, FARIHA REHMAN

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The objective of this study was to investigate the linguistic framework known as Systemic Functional Grammar, which was created by renowned linguist M.A.K. Halliday. The idea offers a viewpoint on how language phenomena can be helpful in literary analysis. The current study focuses on identifying the useful components in the poem "Snow" by Alamgir Hashmi. Ideational, interpersonal, and textual analysis were the three main functional methodologies used to analyze the poem. The first method entailed distinguishing the active and passive voices in the clauses and analyzing the transitivity patterns. The second strategy concentrated on relational elements, such as individuals and their interpersonal interactions. Analysis was done on the textual meaning as well as the overall impression created by the earlier findings. The study also looked for the poem's theme and the main functional concept that was conveyed through poetry. The poem's fundamental theme was also examined. As a result of the foregoing evaluation and analysis, it can be concluded that the poet's love of nature and their intense study of natural objects led them to communicate several ideas at once.

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MAIDA MAQSOOD, AMADA, RAMSHA SHAFIQUE, ABDUR RAUF, AMNA ZAHID, FARIHA REHMAN

1MAIDA MAQSOOD, 2AMADA, 3RAMSHA SHAFIQUE, 4ABDUR RAUF, 5AMNA ZAHID, 6FARIHA REHMAN

1MS English Linguistics, Department of English, Government College Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.

2Lecturer, Department of English Language & Literature (DELL), Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KPK, Pakistan.

3School Leader, Elementary and Secondary Education Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

4Lecturer, Department of English Language & Literature (DELL), Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KPK, Pakistan.

5Lecturer English, Department of English, Government College Women University, Sialkot.

6MA English Literature and Linguistics, Department of English Graduate Studies, NUML University, Islamabad.

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