"MY PINK DREAMS HAVE DISAPPEARED" (TO THE PROBLEM OF THE MODERNIST PARADIGM OF BOHDAN LEPKY'S LOVE LYRICS)

Abstract

The article investigates love poems of Bohdan Lepkyi, which were included into a cycle of verses “In spring”. A research represents his love lyrics as a specific modern poetry. The paper discovers the leading motives of love lyrics and shows that as usual they are associated with undivided love or dealing with the memories of love that has passed. The investigation finds out that love motives are closely in- tertwined with the landscape. In article the main images and symbols of love poems are analysed, the most productive ways of their creation are defined and the poetic and stylistic dominants of love lyrics are revealed. It is established that the most no- table stylistic feature of the poet’s word art, following from his romantic attitude to the world around, is melancholy. It is proved that Bohdan Lepkyi managed to depart from old folklore tradition of the image creation and to develop his own individual style manner, but he couldn’t completely break the link with folk poetic art. This research is important for further scientific studies of the genesis of the love poetry of Bohdan Lepkyi.