Lavrukhina V. Imagery Symbols of the elements in the concept sphere of the poetry by K.D. Balmont

Object - imagery symbols of the elements as the main representatives of the corresponding concepts in the concept sphere of the poetry by K.D. Balmont; Methods - descriptive and context-situational methods; the methods of conceptual analysis according to the constituents; the interpretation method and method of the semantic analysis. Novelty - for the first time one of the aspects of Balmont's individual model of the poetic world - the system of the imagery symbols of the elements - has been represented and described. This was conditioned by his specific type of the world perception; Results -the theoretically based model and terms' system of the elements imagery symbols investigation have been theoretically grounded. The structure of the image constituent of the elements concepts has been revealed; traditional and individual meanings of the imagery symbols have been represented; the means of explication of the revealed meanings have been described; the types of the imagery symbols interaction and the means of their rendering in the poetic text have been defined; metaphor has been characterized as the main way of the world perception; The list of metaphors, as the means of verbal representation of the image constituent of the elements concepts in the poet's concept sphere has been created