I.A.Richards Figurative Language

 I.A.Richards Figurative Language:-

Ivor Armstrong Richards was a pioneer in the domain of New Criticism. His practical approach gave a new path to literary criticism. Instead of intuitive and impressionistic criticism, it became more factual & scientific. In his methodology, a lot of importance is given to the “words”.

He believed that the poet writes to communicate, and language is the means of that communication. Language is made of words, and hence a study of words is all-important if we are to understand the meaning of a work of art. Words carry four kinds of meaning: Sense, Feelings, Tone, and Intention.

To him, the language of poetry is purely emotive, in its original primitive state. This language affects feelings. Hence we must avoid the intuitive and over-literal reading of poems. Words in poetry have an emotive value, and the figurative language used by poets conveys those emotions effectively and forcefully.

Therefore here, I have done a verbal  Analysis of Bollywood Song: Tip Tip Barsa Paani

आहा हा हा हा आहा.. टिप-टिप बरसा पानी 

टिप-टिप बरसा पानी 

पानी ने आग लगाई 

आग लगी दिल में तो 

दिल को तेरी याद आई 

तेरी याद आई तो 

जल उठा मेरा भीगा बदन 

अब तू ही बताओ साजन मैं क्या करूं.. 

न न न न नाम तेरा मेरे लबों पर आया था

हो नाम तेरा मेरे लबों पर आया था 

हो मैंने बहाने से तुम्हे बुलाया था 

झूम कर आ गया सावन मैं क्या करूं 

टिप-टिप बरसा पानी  

पानी ने आग लगाई

आग लगी दिल में तो 

दिल को तेरी याद आई

तेरी याद आई तो  

जल उठा मेरा भीगा बदन 

अब तुम ही बताओ साजन मैं क्या करूं.. 

ये हे आ हा हा.. आ हा आहा..  

डू डू डू डू डूबा दरिया में खड़ा मैं साहिल पर 

हो डूबा दरिया में खड़ा मैं साहिल पर 

तू बिजली बनकर गिरी मेरे दिल पर 

चली ऐसी ये पागल पवन मैं क्या करूं.. 

टिप-टिप बरसा पानी पानी ने आग लगाई 

आग लगी दिल में तो दिल को तेरी याद आई

तेरी याद आई तो छा गया मुझपे दीवानापन

मेरे बस में नहीं मेरा मन मैं क्या करूं..

ये हे आ हा हा.. आ हा आहा..

Analysis of song:- 

Tip Tip Barsa Paani is Hindi song, taken from movie Mohra (1994) sung by Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan. Lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi. Composed by Viju Shah. Starring Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon.

This song represents the situation of the beloved during the Rainy season whenever she socks in water at that time her feelings become more powerful thus she feels like fire in her heat as well as in her body. These feelings recognized her about her lover, and when she remembered him Once again A rainy season comes back with enthusiasm. Then the second part was sung by her lover and he sang that he was standing at rivage and the whole sea gets drown. Then he said that her beloved fall like thunder on him and then walk like a crazy wind and asked what I do?

I.A. RICHARD'S suggested that misunderstanding in understanding poems happens oftenly. there for he gave four kinds of meaning.

1]Sense

2]Feeling

3]Tone 

4]Intention

Then He gave Tenor - Vehicle - Metapher

and then He gave -Two use of language Emotive & Scientific. Metaphorical language always suggests Connotative or Emotive use of language, whereas Denotative or literal suggests Scientific language. So according to Richard's we have to give more importance to words rather than any Metaphorical language.

टिप-टिप बरसा पानी  

पानी ने आग लगाई

  आग लगी दिल में तो 

    दिल को तेरी याद आई

This song is absolutely nonsensical Because we all know that Water and Fire are opposite of one another, whenever Water appears; Fire will definitely Disappear. but here this song suggests something else which is nothing more than nonsensical or highly exaggerated of language. If Plato was alive he will definitely Ban this song because it impacts very harmful on children's mind as well as there is nothing true in it, means this song teach lies. This song suggests that her Heart is Fired by water and therefore she recognized her beloved. but a common logic is that If her heart was fired then how she could be alive? means she has to die!

ये हे आ हा हा.. आ हा आहा..  

             डू डू डू डू डूबा दरिया में खड़ा मैं साहिल पर 

    हो डूबा दरिया में खड़ा मैं साहिल पर 

  तू बिजली बनकर गिरी मेरे दिल पर 

     चली ऐसी ये पागल पवन मैं क्या करूं..

These lines also suggest that how lies can be spoken by songs. I could not understand that how is this possible that one can stand on littoral and sea was drawn? The second last line insists, How a human being can befall like thunder and If we supposed for a moment then science says that a normal human being definitely dies of shock.

So, I found that there are many things, which are just misuse of language nothing else and therefore it sounds nothing Worthful.