FORMAL MEANS OF EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IN ITALIAN POETRY
The paper analyzes the functions of both segmental and suprasegmental formal expressive means in Italian poetic texts. Segmental means such as tone of vowels and suprasegmental means such as stress and intonation serve to render the implied meanings of a text, its non-verbal contents. The paper considers the iss<sup>ue</sup> of sound symbolism, analyzes the rhythmic structure of an Italian poetic text and describes the results of an experimental research aimed at establishing the direction of intonation on stressed syllables and the character of the stress.