Аңдатпа
The social, political and cultural changes that took place in the society following Kazakhstan's gaining independence have been generously inspiring the Kazakh poetry. The innovative ideas born in the period known as the Years of Independence became another phase of spiritual renaissance, bringing in fresh viewpoints in the creativity and arts to the Kazakh literature. All of the global changes and social antagonisms, such as political and socio-philosophical, mental and psychological problems have been being reflected in various forms in the Kazakh poetry since 1991.This article primarily focuses on: comprehensive research into the art forms and scenic-poetical-textual aspects of the Kazakh poetry of the independence years; consideration of poetical aspects of the poetical works written during the independence years and determination of the place of some poets’ oeuvres in the history of the Kazakh literature; evaluation of novelty in the traditional poetry of the independence years in terms of their artistic values and analysis of creative aspects of the poets’ lyrical works through identification of their individual artistic devices.