Özet:

The name of little-known period in New Turkish literature, located between Tanzimat literature and Servet-i Fünûn literature is Intermediate Generation period. Hüseyin Haşim Bey, who wrote poetry during this period; in addition to being a poet, he is also a painter, calligrapher and composer. He belonged to the Muallim Naci school and remained devoted to its understanding of poetry until his death. The artist, who usually writes religious-mystical, love and heroic poems, experienced some difficulties that caused him to write the poem called “Nevhât”. In this poem, which is the second poem of his poetry book called Şihâb, he talks about the poet’s troubles in life, loneliness, helplessness and absence. Haşim Bey, who has difficulty in coping with the difficult life he lives and the troubles he is exposed to wishes for non-existence after a while in this poem. It is thought that the poet was influenced byor benefited from Akif Pasha’s “Adem Kasidesi” while writing his poem. Having to leave the city where he was born and raised, losing his father at a young age, experiencing financial difficulties due to unemployment caused him to fall into despair and write this poem in despair. This article will focus on how the troubles the artist encountered during his life were reflect in “Nevhât” and why he wanted non-existence.