GENRES AND POETICS OF LYRICAL COMPOSITION IN VASYL SYMONENKO’S POEMS

Abstract

The article contains results of the thorough analysis of Vasyl Symonenko’s oeuvre. It reveals the genre specificity of some of his lyrics, as well as highlights the poetics of the composition of his certain poems.It was proven that Vasyl Symonenko’s poetic works have genre diversity. Among them one can find civic- patriotic polyphonic poems-interpretations, intimate (rarely intimate-landscape) poems-wonders, lyrical lullaby-fairy tale, psychological poetry; also, humorous and invective genres, sharply accusatory appeals in particular, humorous and satirical miniatures, humorous and satirical epitaphs, poetic messages, etc. It is worth mentioning that some of Vasyl Symonenko’s works are on the borderline between several genres: at the crossroads of landscape and philosophical lyrics, on the borderline between civic and philosophical lyrics, partly journalism.In determining the essence of the poems’ composition by Vasyl Symonenko, the authors relied on, firstly, theoretical and literary postulates that the composition’s constituents are two groups, textual and supra-textual, of main elements, and, secondly, on the fact that in a lyrical work the focus in terms of composition is mainly grounded on the genesis of feelings. Therefore, in the compositional analysis of a certain poem by Vasyl Symonenko the following convincing stages of the unfolding of feelings (the starting point in the genesis of feelings; the proper genesis itself; the culmination of lyrical feeling, though not always possible to identify, and the author's conclusion) were successfully identified.The article makes an emphasis on the fact that Vasyl Symonenko often resorts to concentrated aphoristic expressions, which become the “moral” (similar to a fable) of the work. A significant number of the author’s poems end precisely with an aphorism, which makes it possible to assert that in such cases the lyrical composition acquires, to a certain extent, the traits of epic poetry.The civic-patriotic polyphonic poems-interpretations of V. Symonenko, the scientists are convinced, are characterized by civic responsibility and passion. The author realizes them primarily through the stylistic device of contrast.Thus, the authors in their article have implemented several scientific tasks: they have identified the genre nature of V. Symonenko's poems; they have analyzed works of various genres to demonstrate the wide amplitude of the author's artistic world; based on the theoretical and literary aspects of the composition of lyrical verbal canvases, they have revealed the poetics of the compositions of individual poems by the artist of the sixties.