Image of the day and night in lyrics F.I. Tiutchev

The article examines the image of the day and night in the poetic works of Tiutchev, which opens under the influence of Schelling's philosophical doctrine of a single "world soul." A special place is given to the study of the image of light and shadow and their interpretation in the lyrical texts of the poet. Analyzed the lyrics Tiutchev night, where the night is seen as an archetypal incarnation of darkness, death, evil, despair. Night opposed to day, presented as a symbol of life, light, living principle.