Sound and Its Role in the Semantic Organization of B. L. Pasternak’s Lyrical Works on the Example of the Poem “Like A Brazier Of Bronze Ashes”

Abstract

Aim. To determine the role of sound in the semantic organization of Boris Leonidovich Pasternak’s lyrical works by analyzing the poem “Like a Brazier of Bronze Ashes”.

Methodology. Phonosemantic analysis has become a key research method. The content of the poem is analyzed from the viewpoint of semantics and phonology. The main phonetic processes influencing the disclosure of the author’s intention, the text content t and the reader’s understanding of it are considered. Statistical and functional-semantic methods were used to analyze sounds and their perception by listeners and readers of Boris Pasternak’s poetry; the comparative method became the leading research method, which allows to trace the intersections and coincidences of linguistic laws.

Results. The interrelated processes between rhythmorythmology and semantics of lyrical works are revealed. The content of the text of the poem “Like a Brazier of Bronze Ashes” is analyzed, linguistic and hermeneutic analyses are performed, conclusions are drawn about the features of the poem’s sound system, the inseparable connection of sound, rhythm, rhyme of the poetic text and its meaning.

Research implications. The theoretical and practical significance lies in revealing the features of the phonetic and semantic structure of Boris Pasternak’s poem. The conclusions and observations contained in the article can be applied in literature lessons and literary creativity classes, as well as in the creation of song texts, the study of phonetic patterns of the melody of a poem.