Figurate system of V.V. Hoffmann's miniature "Blind"

The article analyses V. Hoffmann's miniature "Blind". It is revealed that its main compositional-stylistic principle is antithesis. The data selection and focusing are determined by the oppositions of "able to see / blind", "physical blindness / spiritual blindness". It is emphasized that the motive of blindness, rooted in the evangelical tradition, makes V.V.Hoffmann's miniature associated with M. Meterlink's play "The Blind". It is deducted that the figurative system of the investigated miniature is characteristic of the poet's prose in general.