The article provides a broad and in-depth analysis of the artistic language of poetic works and its impact on students, and recommends various methodological approaches that are effective in teaching these aspects. In particular, the need to use modern pedagogical methods to develop the skills of understanding, analyzing artistic means in poems and deriving aesthetic pleasure from them is emphasized. In this sense, the article highlights the application of innovative approaches such as cluster, problem-based learning, and illustrative methods to the educational process as an important aspect. In particular, the issue of developing students’ aesthetic taste and artistic thinking through examples of poetic works in the barmoq, free and aruz systems presented in literature textbooks for grades 5-7 is widely covered