Anacreontic motifs in Maksym Rylskyi's poetry
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https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.1(68).76-90Keywords:
the 20th century Ukrainian literature, M. Rylskyi's works, poetry, wine, imagery, anacreonticsAbstract
The author of this article analyzed the 'wine-imaged' poems by Maksym Rylskyi, written in different years, having based on the esthetic concepts of the anacreontic style. Dated back to the early period, these were the folk song stylizations ('White snow, red wine...'), philosophical meditations ('I've just taken a sip from my glass...'), sonnets related to intimate lyrics ('Once in warm days of vintage...'); whereas in the 1950s the generic palette of Rylskyi's 'wine' poetry got complemented with lyrical portraits ('A Winegrower,' 'Roses and Grapes'). This method allowed confirming M. Rylskyi's lyrics as the base for Ukrainian 'khamriyyat,' or the specific poetic massif connected with images of wine drinking and tasting, feasts, and love. The importance of researching the poetic heritage under this angle is defined as revelation and interpretation of archetypal imagery through the details of everyday life.
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