The article deals with the semantics and symbolism of the square in the M.I. Tsvetaeva’s poem “Letter” (1923). It is suggested that
analysis of this poem in a student audience should start with the consideration of semantics and expressions, and end with the history of compositional process in order to find out how the poetess managed to express or hide her feelings.
Keywords
M.I. Tsvetaeva; A.V. Bakhrah; Russian literature of the Silver Age; semantics; literary criticism.
For citation
Logvinova, I.V. “Semantics and Symbolism of the Square in the Poem ‘Letter’ by Marina I. Tsvetaeva”. Literaturovedcheskii zhurnal, no. 3(57), 2022, pp. 48–53. DOI: 10.31249/litzhur/2022.57.03
DOI: 10.31249/litzhur/2022.57.03
References
1. Kravchenko, N. Marina Czvetaeva i ee adresaty [Marina Tsvetaeva and her addressees]. Available at: https://www.liveinternet.ru/users/4514961/post186103593 (date of access: 15.04.2022). (In Russ.)
2. Czvetaeva, M.I. Stikhotvoreniya [Poems]. Moscow, Ellis Lak 2000 Publ., 2006, 384 p. (In Russ.)