Hypersonet by Yuri Linnik “Bartholomew” as part of his book “Trinity”

The article considers an innovative modification of the classical stanza - the so-called hypersonet, which was used in his work by the outstanding master of Stefanism, the author of six hundred and fifty exceptional wreaths of sonnets, Petrozavodsk poet Yuri Vladimirovich Linnik. The term “hypersonet” was also used by other poets, but in their interpretation, it does not fit into the adopted system of traditional typology of either classical sonnets or their derivatives. Linnick applied this stanza predominantly in the beginnings of his many original almanacs and poetry collections, most often as a preamble to the wreaths of sonnets. The Linnik hypersonet structure combines three quatrains and three tercets: AbAb AbAb AbAb + CDe CDe CDe. In the main part of the article, the hypersonet “Bartholomew,” which opens the “Trinity” poetic collection, is subjected to a comprehensive analysis. The collection consists of 6 wreaths of sonnets and 19 poems. Three wreaths (“Cyril and Mary,” “Trinity” and “Sergius of Radonezh”) are dedicated to the great abbot of the Russian land who blessed Dmitry Donskoy for the victorious Battle of Kulikovo which became decisive for the liberation from the Tatar-Mongol yoke. The key to overcoming princely strife and national disunity was the most suitable cult of the Trinity as a “focus of higher harmony.” The most important conclusion that the author avidly asserts states: Trinitism, which harmoniously corresponds to the architectonics of the hypersonet, was also its generating factor.