In the beginning of the master's thesis, Poetry and poetics of Hristo Fotev, I present a brief overview of Bulgarian literary history, in which I include Hristo Fotev, a poet who is relatively canonical but noteven though not extensively studied and whose poems I further analyze. This is followed by a chapter about the author himself – his associated material, private life, poetic life, and poetic thoughts. The most extensive chapter is the analysis of his poetics – verse, rhythm, poem structures, poetic devices, language of poetry, dominant themes and
motifs, as well as intertextuality. This is followed by a brief chapter on the poem Колко си хубава!... The key findings of the thesis are that Fotev's poetry is predominantly written in free verse, although poems in syllabic verse can also be found. Fotev constructs free verse through repetitions, rhymes, assonances, alliterations, refrains, and inversions. His poems often contain metaphors, enjambments, rhymes, assonances, alliterations, climaxes, pauses, exclamations, refrains, and direct address. In his writing, he frequently employs discursive practices such as supplication, stream of consciousness, religious discourse, folk discourse, and descriptions of
sensory perceptions. The most common motifs in his poetry are the sea, Burgas, and love. The poems often intertextually reference the Bible, ancient and Renaissance texts, as well as other poems by the poet.
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