This article deals with the analyses on principles and investigation history of tradition and innovation problems in the Kazakh poetry.For the acquisition of innovations in kinds and contents of composition under the framework of descriptive-conceptual decision, it is important to distinguish their correlation with traditional poetic channels. In analyzing aesthetic structure of literal works, great attention should be paid to what is taken from the traditional form. At what stage we are acquiring the content innovation in the literature studies. The main attention is drawn to the investigation methodology, principles in rendering innovation in poetry.