Linguistic analysis, disclosure of the essence and peculiarities of poetic metaphors is one of the most important issues in the development of language. Therefore, this article is devoted to the issue of linguocognitive study of anthropocentric metaphors in the works of Rauf Parfi. It aims to study the role of metaphorical expressions in the formation of modern poetic style, to consider their semantic features, to identify cognitive models. Given that a number of aspects of the nature of metaphor remain unexplored in the development of linguistic theories, the article focuses on this topic. The study also takes into account the coverage of poetic metaphors in terms of modern trends, the role of language in the system of figurative means.