Abstract
OSMAN BÜLENT MANAV’A VE ŞİİRLERİNE DAİR
Osman Bülent Manav, who sets his heart on poetry despite being a doctor, is one of the important modern Turkish poets. He is the author of two books of poetry. His family's interest in poetry have been effective in his upbringing.
76 poems of the poet has been analyzed in terms of form and content features in this article. The poet has written poems on religious-sufistic, love and homesickness issues besides social ones.
There is a connection between nature and people's behaviours-manners in the poems of Osman Bülent Manav. He assumes homeland as honor; but patriotism appears as a sentimental sensibility not with a clear heroism. The poet is under heavy impact of two places: İstanbul and highland.
Keywords
Osman Bülent Manav, Yarpız Kokulu Şiirler, Musandıra form and content, language and style.