The function of the preposition ?like? in poetry and the dimensions of the use of ?such as? in the Turkish second phase of primary education

Our research is related to the function of the preposition ?like? in poetry and the dimensions of the use of ?such as? in the Turkish second phase of primary education.The function of ?like? in folk poetry, Divan poetry, contemporary poetry, and in poems taught in Turkish course books of the second phase of primary education have been analyzed in our study. For this purpose, the lyric poems of Necâtî and Nedim, and poems of Karacaoğlan, Erzurumlu Emrah, Turgut Uyar and Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca have been discussed. Common ways of usage as well as the differences in usage have been determined with respect to ?like? in the poems of these six poets.In the beginning of our study, the bases of our evaluations were defined; information was provided on the prepositions and ?like?; lives of poets were mentioned and their conceptions about literature were represented prior to examining the poems.During the analyses on poems, firstly the locations where the preposition ?like? are used were determined; the contribution of ?like? in expressions was examined; and the feature of ?like? being an element of simile was emphasized. Then the states of words, which are connected to ?like? in such similes, being concrete / abstract / common / proper were analyzed and the function of ?like? in poetry was defined. The same analyses was performed on the poems taught in Turkish course books in the second phase of primary education; the connection between ?child, poem, simile, like? was stated; and it was determined as to whether the similes in these poems were suitable for the concrete/ abstract perception of children in consideration of their cognitive development process.The results of our study have been obtained in conclusion to all these information and evaluations.Key words: preposition ?like?, poem, function, child, concrete, abstract, proper, common.