METAPHOR IN THE WORKS OF POETS-SYMBOLISTS
This article examines the stylistic use of metaphor in the context of the poetry of the symbolist poets of the early 20th century, identifies the ways of linguistic implementation of metaphorical meaning in accordance with the tasks and goals set by the artists of the word, provides a typology of metaphors and determines the individual author's specificity of their functioning in the lyric text. The authors also draw attention to the continuity of literary and linguistic techniques in the works of K. Balmont, V. Bryusov, A. Blok, comparing it with the classical tradition of representing metaphorical meanings in the poetry of the classics of Russian literature - N. Nekrasov, A. Fet, etc.