In the article features of functioning of the funeral genre in the works of the poets-sixtiers: I. Zhylenko, M. Vyngranovsky, V. Symonenko, I. Drach, S. Yovenko, V. Korotych are analyzed in the poems, which can be thematically or structurally related to existing genres of feral poetry. Different genre signs that appear in selected poetry as genres markers. The analysis of the fringe poetry of the 1960s makes it possible to conclude that the phenomenal genres have transformed over time, acquired new features, but generally retained traditional features. The study of such issues is important not so much for the knowledge of the work of an individual writer or even a certain national literature, but also to clarify the relevant aspects of the global process of a particular cultural-historical period.The permanent thematic dominant of the feral poetry of the Sixties is the comparison of death and life.In the twentieth century the crisis of the genre «literary» and «real» epitaph, previously delimited begin to exist separately. Description of the future location of the deceased does not conflict with the earthly life.The composition of the poetry «On the death of the witches of Zhigun» I. Zhylenko is traditional: at first — an introduction (exordium) containing the reflection on the dependence of human life on God’s will and requesting God, and then — narratio — a short praise of the acts of the deceased humorous notes, description of the amount of relatives for the deceased. Finally, the ending (conclusio) with the wish-hope of so-called eternal bliss.Formal signs of the epitaph I. Zhylenko: 1) type of narrative, as a form of utterance: dead with relatives or passers-by, close to the deceased, close to the deceased; 2) clear delineation of the dominant theme of death, the final stage of life; 3) focus on epigraphy and conciseness.Cycle epitaphs «Journey on a cemetery» V. Symonenko noted concise imagery and expression, humorous, devoid of event canvas. The emphasis is on the negative rice that reached in the title, for which the hero after death receives adequate «compensation». To enhance the humorous effect, V. Symonenko uses expressive and evaluative meanings of spoken language means.Trunks were popular in ancient literature. Tren can be written not only about someone’s death, but also about the destruction of cities, states fall or other events that cause sadness, mourning. By this kind can be attributed poem «Farewell Fedor Kravchuk, grooms collective, with the old hut» V. Symonenko. The poet created a mournful poetry about leaving the old house.In the works of the poets of the sixties, widespread was the so-called memorial poetry, that is, the poems were created in the memory of a loved one, for example, «Our Vasyl goes on the longest road in the world...» by M. Vingranovsky. Memorial portrait of Symonenko depicted in the poem entitled inherent incompleteness, fragmentation and eskiznist. The author presents a portrait of inanimate V. Symonenko. Available as external (portrait elements), indication of age, clothing, and characteristics by type of occupation.Folk poetry is not overlooked by the locus of the cemetery.The dominant motive of V. Korotych’s memorial poetry is the motive for the mortality of people and the eternity of their actions.Funeral poetry is characterized by the elements of portraiture.