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.