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Metaphor as one of the most important studied phenomena with semantics and semantic approach is considered a cognitive mean to express abstract concepts and experiences based on objective and tangible human experiences. Joseph Lakoff and Johnson in his book “Metaphors we live by” published in 1980, talks about a new view in the area of metaphor. Presenting empirical evidence, they have questioned the traditional rhetoric view that considered metaphor as merely a mean to adorn speech and form words. New research by Lakoff and Johnson on metaphor proved that not only metaphor is only one of the specific forms of verbal and literary language, but it also has more important roles in human life than language. Moreover, human cognitive system is basically metaphorical which orientates on human thought, behavior and language. In other words, the role of metaphor in the study of stylistic features and the measure of the innovation of poet is very important, because creativity and innovation are made possible by creating metaphors. Hence, according to the theory and to emphasize Naser Khosrow lyrics, using an analytical- descriptive method, we will peruse the poems of Naser Khosrow and by providing evidence from his poetry, explain how surveyed cognitive infrastructure become novel and literary metaphors. This article is an attempt to survey and analyse his poems to illustrate the metaphors of the pictorial and orientated schema in Naser Khosrow lyrics are considerable and have not yet been investigated .
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