In the article, the spirit of the creator and the image of the rival in world literature, its roots go back to ancient times, as well as the creation of beautiful examples of the image of the rival in Uzbek classical literature, and in the work of today's representative of modern poetry N. Afokova, its various manifestations, symbols , it is revealed by the example of metaphors, allusions.
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