Образ волны в романтической лирике И. И. Козлова

The article analyzes the lyric poetry of Ivan Kozlov, a little-known poet of the Pushkin’s era. It is proved that the poetic world, created by the blind poet, is full of visible images, which are in constant motion. The main attention in the article is focused on the study (both in terms of frequency and meaning) of one of the iconic images in Kozlov’s poetry - the image of water elements. The author studies how the traditional characteristics of this image are reconsidered in the works of the poet. It is shown that for the poet the sea is both rest and storm, and that this image is not unequivocally connected with the horizon line or the vertical line. It is proved that his descriptions of water elements almost always contain a repetitive, rhythmic movement, which is transmitted through the image of a wave. That is why the main attention in the article is focused on the identification of specific properties of the wave image in Kozlov’s lyrics. As a result of the research it was established that the image of a wave in Kozlov’s lyrics is both an expressive detail of a landscape and a symbol of life; besides, the image of a wave for the Russian romantic poet is a heart of the universe, its rhythm, and the visual display of the heartbeat of the world. As a result of the research it was proved that in the image of a wave there are real physical properties of this natural object, as well as metaphorical, symbolical, allegorical, and mythological elements. The rhythm of a wave pictured by Kozlov conveys the pulsation of life: either tensely frightening or calming. And the very changes in the characteristic of the wave indicate the changes in the worldview of the romantic poet.