International journal
ISSN 2311-0759 (Online)
ISSN 2311-0740 (Print)


the play of rhythm and words

The genre of incantation in M. Tsvetayeva’s poems

The article deals with the poetry of Marina Tsvetaeva, in particular with the poem «Lanes», from the standpoint of the theory of speech genres. It is established that the plot is a complex secondary genre that corresponds to most of the characteristics of the speech genres. Earlier, the incantation was considered a genre of folklore. In this article the incantation is a genre of Marina Tsvetaeva?s poetic text.