Word groups in Metin Altıok's poetry

One of the most important qualities that separates people from other species is having more developed language system. Language that provides verbal or written communication has its own components. Word groups are used in case of situations that one word is not enough to meet some concepts. In this study, the word groups in Metin Altıok's poem book "Bir Acıya Kiracı" were examined. The first chapter provides information about poet's life and his other books. In the second chapter, the ideas of the experts of the topic are explained. In the third chapter, the first 226 poems of "Bir Acıya Kiracı" are analyzed and classified. In the last chapter, the poems of the book that are analyzed in the third chapter were numbered in terms of their verses. For example; the fifth verse of twenty forth poem is shown as "24.5" so that every poem and verse can be easily found. It is found that there is not any study that subjects word groups in Metin Altıok's books thanks to our literature research. This study is prepared to contribute in researches about both Metin Altıok and word groups. KeyWords: Metin Altıok, Bir Acıya Kiracı, Word Groups, Language.