ANCIENT TRADITION OF DIDACTIC POETRY IN THE WORKS I.V. GOETHE AND N.A. ZABOLOTSKY
The article is devoted to analyze the poems of J.W. Goethe «The Metamorphosis of Plants» and «The Metamor- phosis of Animals» and the poem of N.A. Zabolotsky «Birds» from the point of view of their attachment to tradi- tions of didactic poetry.