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Chronotope In The Cycle Of J. Brodsky "A Part Of Speech" And Metaphysical Poetry

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Space as a plot of world culture and a geographical sign The work cited and the page Time in its artistic dimension The work cited and the page
Odnogo iz pyati kontinentov, derzhashihsya na kovboyah (one of the five continents, related to cow-boys) (US) «Niotkuda s lubov’u, nadtsatogo martobrya» (From nowhere with love, on the -eenth of Marchember) (91) nadtsatogo martobrya (on the -eenth of Marchember) «Niotkuda s lubov’u, nadtsatogo martobrya» (From nowhere with love, on the -eenth of Marchember) (91)
Sredizemnoe more shevelitsya za ogryzkami kolonnady (The mediocre sea moves behind the bits of a colonnade) (Greece) «Derevyannyj laokoon, sbrosiv na vremya goru s…» (Wooden Laocoon, for a while casting offthe mountain) (96) Now «Dekabr’ vo Florentsii» (December in Florence) (127)
Ya rodilsya i vyros v baltijskih bolotah (I was born and grew up in the Baltic marshland) (Saint-Petersburg) «Ya rodilsya i vyros v baltijskih bolotah, podle» (I was born and grew up in the Baltic marshlandby…) (97) late, at dark night «Niotkuda s lubov’u, nadtsatogo martobrya» (From nowhere with love, on the -eenth of Marchember) (91)
Kajsatskoe imya yazyk vo rtu shevelit v nochi, kak yarlyk v Ordu (Tatar-Mongol yoke) (but utter your Kazakh name which till now was storedin my throat as a password into the Horde) «Sever kroshit metall, no shadit steklo» (The North buckles metal, glass it won’t harm) (92) In the evening «Chto kasaetsya zvezd, to oni vsegda» (As for the stars, they are always on)(98)
Cape – the geographical sign of the North «Derevyannyj laokoon, sbrosiv na vremya goru s…» (Wooden Laocoon, for a while casting offthe mountain) (96) Future «...i pri slove "gryaduschee" iz russkogo yazyka» (…and the word “future” of the Russian language) (109)
Parthenon (Greece, Athens) «Kolybel’naya treskovogo mysa» (Lullaby of Cape Cod) (119) At the middle of July «Kolybel’naya treskovogo mysa» (Lullaby of Cape Cod) (118)
Cohorts (Ancient Rome) «Kolybel’naya treskovogo mysa» (Lullaby of Cape Cod) (119) Night «Kolybel’naya treskovogo mysa» (Lullaby of Cape Cod) (111)
Amphitheater (Rome, Colosseum) «Kolybel’naya treskovogo mysa» (Lullaby of Cape Cod) (120) In thousands of years « Eto - ryad nablyudenij. V uglu - teplo» (A list of observations. The corner is warmer) (94)
V gorodke, iz kotorogo smert’ raspolzlas’ po shkol’noj karte,Mostovaya blestit, kak cheshuya na karpe,na stoletnem kashtane oplyvayut tugie svechi,i chugunnyj lev skuchaet po pylkoj rechi (In the town, from which the death is spreading along the school map, the bridges shine, as the scales of a carp, there are tight candles on a century-old chestnut, and a cast-iron lion misses a passionate speech)(Saint-Petersburg). «V gorodke, iz kotorogo smert’ raspolzlas’ po shkol’noj karte...» (In the town, from which the death is spreading along the school map) (99) Evening «Eto - ryad nablyudenij. V uglu - teplo» (A list of observations. The corner is warmer) (94)
Shiraz (Iran, Persia) «Ya ne to chto shozhu s uma, no ustal za leto...» (Not that I am losing my grip: I am just tired of summer) (110) With years to come «Kolybel’naya treskovogo mysa» (Lullaby of Cape Cod) (118)
Province (the Russian Empire of the times of Peter the Great) «Ty zabyla derevnyu, zaterynnuyu v bolotah» (Have you forgotten the village lost in the swamps) (101) Late after midnight «Tihotvorenie moe, moe nemoe» (My silent poem) (102)
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