The study of time metaphor in Sohrab Sepehri’s poem in the framework of cognitive linguistics

The present study is a descriptive study for determining the time metaphor which is taken as place. The data have been collected from the precious Persian poet Sohrab's poem. In this study, researcher tries to answer the following questions: What are the expressive mechanisms of time metaphor at Sohrab's poems? Does the contemporary theory of metaphor, explain the Time metaphor in poetry of Sohrab's poem? Our findings show that, in the poetry of Sohrab’s poem understanding the concept of time, is dependent on "Time is running" metaphorical mapping, and the Lakoff contemporary theory of metaphor is a proper theoretical tool for analyzing the conceptual structure of Sohrab ?s poems.