PHONETIC EXPRESSIVE MEANS AS A FEATURE OF YURGIS BALTRUSHAITIS’ POETIC WORLD IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIAN SYMBOLIST POETRY

The article is devoted to the analysis of the phonetic expressive means in Yurgis Baltrushaitis’ poetic world. The tendency to abstract and disperse semantic meaning of a word defined the originality of expressive means usage in symbolist poetry. The themes, motifs, images and stylistic devices, varying in Baltrushaitis’ poems, reflect Baltrushaitis’ philosophic and aesthetic views. The purpose of the article is to reveal the features of phonetic expressive means usage in Baltrushaitis’ lyrics and define their role in poet’s artistic world. The same emotions and moods can be seen in all poet’s works. It is proved that important role in creating specific emotional colouring belongs to the original sound instrumentation. The enormous images, surrounding man in Baltrushaitis’ poetic world, require specific sound images. The instrumentation of early poems is characterized by frequent use of alliteration and sound imitative words. The alliteration may have form of phonetic anaphora and phonetic epiphora. It is shown that phonetic anaphora is used to create the common poetic key and emphasize the psychological conflict between nature and man. In Baltrushaitis’ lyrics phonetic epiphora is aimed at emphasizing distinct and clear rhythm. The repeated final consonants take part in the developing lyrical plot, creating lyrical mood and tone of the poem. Such sound instrumentation can change rhythmical pattern of the lyrical narration as well as add some energy and hasten the pace of the narration. The analysis of Baltrushaitis’ artistic world shows that such kinds of sound repetitions as rondo and zeugma are used to perform aesthetic function as well as create the symmetry of the poem. More complicated forms of alliteration and its decomposition take part in forming and developing the lyrical plot of most poems It is proved that in Baltrushaitis’ lyrics the sound gamut is used for creating images of nature. The motifs and themes of poetry are in strict balance with phonetic expressive means which are often neutralized by clear and simple composition. The rhythmic pattern and the instrumentation of the poems are subordinated to the logics of poetic narration.