Visual and musical in the verbal text. “Bolero” by N. Zabolotsky

Abstract

In the article the poem by N.A. Zabolotsky “Bolero” (1957) is considered from the point of view of the visual and musical imagery representation in it. The main purpose of the paper is to determine how the title image of the dance affects the sound and imaginative structure of the poem. To that end the author defines possible ways of interaction of various arts with each other considers the specifics of dance, gives a brief history of Spanish folk dance and the ballet “Bolero” by M. Ravel (1928), had been given, and, finally, at various levels analyzes N.A. Zabolotsky’s poem. As a result, a conclusion is made that the poet created his own, verbal, variation of the musical theme of “Bolero”. On the one hand, he repeated part of its rhythmic features in poetic speech, on the other, he filled it with his own imaginative content, not associated with either folk dance, nor with Ravel’s ballet.