On the strophic pattern of Alexander Blok’s free verse poem "Ona prishla s moroza…" Cover Image

О строфической структуре верлибра А. А. Блока "Она пришла с мороза…"
On the strophic pattern of Alexander Blok’s free verse poem "Ona prishla s moroza…"

Author(s): Sergey Dotsenko
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Theoretical Linguistics, Russian Literature
Published by: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus
Keywords: Russian 20th-century literature; Alexander Blok (1880–1921); Vers libres; verse theory;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to reveal a sonnet-like structure in a famous poem by Alexander Blok, “Ona prishla s moroza…” (1908). The last four “stanzas” of the poem mimic the strophic structure of the Italian sonnet (4 + 4 + 3 + 3), thus stabilizing the otherwise unpredictable verse form (vers libre).

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 37-43
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian