In Turkish literature, after the Tanzimat, a new approach especially influenced by French literature, was formed. In this period, many literary texts imitating French literature in terms of forms and genres were written. Although the influence of the old literary tradition was seen in terms of expression, new genres and forms quickly became widespread and such reforms led to the Servet-i Fünûn, where competent poems and novels would be written in the 1890s. Poets and writers with a new literary perspective gathered around the Servet-i Fünûn journal became the pioneers and representatives of a literary movement that would later be mentioned with the name of the journal. İsmet Özel is one of the most influential poets of modern Turkish literature. He created his own style of poetry at a young age, and later became a guide for many poets. In his first poems that blended ideology and youth feelings, he draws attention with his expressions based on intense images. His books Geceleyin Bir Koşu, Evet İsyan, Cinayetler Kitabı ve Celladıma Gülümserken contain poems representing different periods of his poetry. This study sets out from the question of whether a parallelism can be established, or similarity can be sought between İsmet Özel (who has no connection with any community in terms of pronunciation, subject, harmony, or style), and the Servet-i Fünûn group who were representative of the new Turkish poetry that developed after the Tanzimat. The most significant aspect of Servet-i Fünûn literature is the frequent occurrence of the words related to hüzün (sadness). In Ismet Özel's poems, the word hüzün (sadness) is used in a remarkable way, although not very often. It has been determined that the word hüzün (sadness) which is used in the first three books mentioned above, is one of the common words found in İsmet Özel’s and Servet-i Fünûn poetry. In this study, it is discussed whether the poetry of Servet-i Fünûn and İsmet Özel will intersect in the common usage of the word hüzün (sadness).