Analysis of Poetic Text. Structure of the Verse

The monograph of the outstanding scholar-literary critic, founder of the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school Yu. M. Lotman – this is a study of the internal organization of poetic text. The first part presents theoretical principles of structural analysis of poetry, while the second part showcases the application of various methods to the study of specific poetic works of the 19th-20th centuries. Yu. M. Lotman's book will be of interest to everyone who is interested in poetry, literary studies, and semiotics.