Poems "The three musicians" by A.Beardsley and "Shadows of oblique angles..." by M.Kuzmin: comparative analysis

The article is devoted to comparative analysis of poems Shadows of oblique angles... by Russian poet M.Kuzmin (1872-1936) and The Three Musicians by English graphic artist A.Beardsley (1872-1898)/ Borderline worldview is based for comparison of their poetics. Kuzmin's poem is considered in the context of Beardsley's poem (ballad). Analysis of motives, composition, chronotope and organization of subject, vocabulary work demonstrate a significant influence Beardsley's poetic features on Kuzmin's poetic consciousness.