ВІДДЗЕРКАЛЕННЯ СИМВОЛІКИ ЧИСЛА В ПОЕТИЧНОМУ ПРОСТОРІ ШІСТДЕСЯТНИКІВ

The article deals with one of the linguistic studies’ directions – the study of the potential of
parts of speech that implements pragmatic functions of imagery, emotion, expression in poetic texts.
The main reason to deal with numerals in poetic texts is to investigate their functioning as language
units that can be the peculiar method to express the idea.
The goal is to find out the symbolic meanings of numerals in the poetries of the Sixties. It is
possible when to research the ways of symbolic meaning forming; to point out those contexts with
numerals that are the features of poets’ individual manner; to define the meanings of numerals in
poetic texts of the Sixties.
The semantic possibilities of numerals on the specific reflection of reality and symbolic
content are described. Numerals are seen on the material of lyric poets of the sixties as imagesconcepts
that have become symbolic meaning. It is also stated that the use of numerals in their
sacred mythological and religious sense is typical for the poets of the sixties. As a result positive and
negative meanings expressed by numeric symbols are described. It is concluded that the numerals
one, two, three, seven, nine, forty can be considered as having the capacity for symbolization,
mythologizing, and ideologization.