Dedication Poetry of Olena Pchilka

Abstract

The
article considers the addressed lyrics from Olena Pchilka’s collection “Thoughts-Lace
Frivolites (merezhanky)”. Compilers of the writer’s later works did not adhere to the
author’s will as to her dedication poems, thus destroying the integrity and content of
the texts. The study seeks out to elucidate the specifics of O. Pchilka’s dedications
through factual material. The author of the article argues that dedication expresses the
poet’s creative concept and a broad cultural and historical context spring up through
the name of the addressee. Some dedications are event-driven, as the author’s dating indicates, while others are unfolded in the form of memoirs or reflections of the
addresser.