Author's use of the lexeme "dream" in the texts of Igor Severianin as the leitmotif of the poet's individual style

The report contains the analysis of the lexeme “dream” in Igor-Severianin's poetry. This word is one of leitmotifs and sense-making components of the ego-futurist's literature. The frequency of its use in Severianin's poetic texts is several times higher than is modern Russian language, which allows to notice its particular role.Moreover, the comparison of contextual and usual (dictionary) meaning shows that in poems the word-picture acquires new senses and expands the semantic field. This is visibly demonstrated by the examples of author's use given in the report. The lexeme “dream” helps to perceive Igor- Severianin's individual style as well as his worldview that reflects principles of ego-futurism, the literary movement aestheticizing reality and bringing human imagination into the foreground.