"The dough", a poem by A. Bashlachyov: an attempt at interpretation

The article deals with the textual analysis of the poem written by A. Bashlachyov, a Russian poet of the second half of the 20th century. The poem vividly represents the poet's image at the stages of its origination, formation and realisation. The article offers certain peculiarities of Bashlachyov's poetic language significant in shaping the image of the poet in this poetic work of his as well as in other ones.