COMPOSITIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE POETRY COLLECTION "WHITE FLOCK" BY A. AKHMATOVA

Abstract

Aim. The article aims to analyze the compositional organization of the poetry collection "The White Pack" by A. Akhmatova and its constituent poems from the point of view of unifying elements. Methodology. The White Flock is considered a single whole in the article; therefore, both the frame-heading complex and the lexical and structural elements that emphasize the unity of the collection are subjected to detailed analysis, explaining the use of the textological and hermeneutic method. Results. The analysis showed that the framework elements have important temporal semantics correlated with historical events. Therefore, the heading elements are clearly worked out. Akhmatova reduces - compared with "Evening" and "Rosary" - the number of emotionally expressive elements in poems; the emphasis is on the event's image. The organization of poems is not chronological but semantic. Therefore several internal cycles are observed in the collection. Research implications. The article's practical significance is due to the possibility of its use as a description of one of the new approaches to the analysis of the book of verses as a large form.

Keywords

• book of poems
• “The White Flock”
• Akhmatova
• frame complex
• semantics of the title
• composition