System of Metaphorical Images in Usman Azim’s Poetry

Abstract

In this article, the poetics and artistic features of the poetry of the national poet of Uzbekistan Usman Azim, who made a great contribution to the rise of Uzbek literature of the XX century, as well as the importance of metaphorical images in the poet’s poems in determining the poet’s poetry. The creative concept is scientifically analyzed. The theoretical foundations of metaphor, the essence of metaphor, scientific research conducted in world literature and Uzbek literary studies were studied. It has been scientifically proven that the phenomenon of metaphor in world literature can be observed in Usman Azim’s poems, and that unique individual metaphors can be found in his works as well. Metaphor occupies an important place in Usman Azim's literary and aesthetic outlook, including the place and essence of metaphor in his creative and artistic thinking. Different forms of metaphor, object (cage), natural phenomena (seasons), colors (yellow, red) and allegorical (dog, monkey), bird metaphors are systematically analyzed in the poet’s poems. It has been determined that the poet can use metaphors appropriately in his ability to describe human mental states. Also, in the images of the seasons: autumn, winter, summer, spring, which are widely used in the poet’s poems, the social issues of the time are shown in the process of analyzing the poet’s various poetic examples. In general, the artistic and expressive features of the poet’s poems are determined by the place of figurative images, imagery and symbolism. The essence and characteristics of each metaphor used in Usman Azim’s poems are artistically analyzed. The poet’s artistic skills, use of artistic language, expression of artistic ideas and goals in his poems are analyzed using hermeneutic, analytical-typological methods and comparative analysis methods.