СИМВОЛ ТОПОЛІ В ПОЕЗІЇ ТАРАСА ШЕВЧЕНКА
THE SYMBOL OF POPLAR IN TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S POETRY

Summary/Abstract: In his early poetic output Taras Shevchenko remains under strong influence of romanticism, drawing inspiration from Ukrainian folklore. One of the most distinctive images of his poetry is a poplar symbolizing a young, beautiful girl who dies because of heartbreak, dumped by her beloved one (Катерина, 1838, Утоплена 1841). The theme of transformation of a desperate girl into a poplar is present, i.a., in such poems as Тополя, 1840, Не тополю високую, 1848, Коло гаю, в чистім полі, 1848. In Shevchenko’s works there is also the motif of a lone poplar, as well as the so-called „poplar on the horizon” being an integral element of Ukrainian steppes and countryside roads, i.a. in such narrative poems as Сон (1844), Княжна (1847).

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