Abstract
The article analyzes the image of raven in rock poetry of the XX–XXI centuries in selected song lyrics. The author gives a brief review of the research works that studied the image of raven in poetry, including song texts. The article presents the samples of songs of both Russian and foreign rock bands. The features of raven images created by them are described. The article provides examples of raven images dating back to mythological and folklore sources. Special attention is paid to rock texts referring directly to fragments and imagery of “The Raven” by E.A. Poe. The degree and particulars of borrowings from the E.A. Poe’s poem are specified. The author determines the variety of raven interpretations by different authors, as well as semantic and expressive similarities and differences of this image in the studied works.
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