Rebellion in the Poems of Kazi Nazrul Islam: A Misconception of General Branding

Kazi Nazrul Islam, a multifaceted genius, is widely acknowledged as the epoch-making rebel poet for his significant and distinctive contributions to the awakening and rejuvenation of the masses in this part of the world. He hurled his fire throwing shells of poetry as revolt against the British Raj in India and preached revolution. Even though Nazrul is recognized as the rebel poet, his writings also explored themes like love, freedom, revolution, humanism, nationalism, equality, justice, etc. Besides, he very effectively contributed to almost every genre of literature and covered almost every sphere of human life. Hence, it is a misconception about him that he is only a rebel poet. To think in this single way is very partial in terms of assessing him and his literary works. In his works, he protested against all forms of oppression, sang of equality, unity, fraternity and struggled to establish peace and harmony. The paper, through proper justification of the major themes of his works, aims at exploring the misconceptions about generalizing Nazrul as a rebel poet and tries to show that he is not only a rebel poet but also a poet of other aspects.