Remziye Gül Kurt's poetry book The Wheel of Time ceases to be an abstract concept and transforms time into a tangible entity through images. The basic metaphor of the book, the “wheel”, symbolizes not only the cyclicity of time, but also the transformation of a person by constantly passing through the same points in memory, emotion and existence. This is a time when the wheel is not moving forward, but rotating by remembering.
In poetry, time often appears as a trace, a rift, or a silent weight. The past is not a chronologically left-behind space; it is like a living layer that seeps into the present through images. In Kurt's poems, memory turns into an embodied space: doors, shadows, silent rooms and repetitive paths appear as metaphors of the inner journey. These images invite the reader not only to read, but to wander through the poem.
The most obvious feature of metaphors is that they are far from ostentation, but intense. The poet prefers everyday but deeply evocative objects instead of large images. This preference increases the emotional impact of poems while allowing the meaning to be gradually revealed to the reader. Time is not a clock or a calendar here; it is a silence that passes through a person.
When viewed at the analysis level, it is seen that images are formed by rhythmic repetitions on the Wheel of Time. These repetitions also formally support the cyclical nature of time. Loneliness, inner transformation and existential questioning are not directly stated through metaphors, but are intuited. Poetry does not explain; it points.
In this respect, the Wheel of Time exhibits a poetic stance in contemporary Turkish poetry that uses the image not as an ornamental element, but as a carrier of thought. The book presents a quiet but deep universe woven with images, calling the reader to confront his own wheel of time. The work opens a strong field of examination for culture, art and literature magazines under the titles of “the intellectual function of metaphor in poetry” and “the imaginative representation of time”.
