СИМБОЛИКА БОЈЕ И МИРИСА ЦВЕЋА У СРПСКОЈ УСМЕНОЈ ПОЕЗИЈИ
THE COLORS AND FRAGRANCES OF FLOWERS IN SERBIAN ORAL POETRY

Summary/Abstract: In Serbian traditional culture, folk medecine, beliefs, ritual practices and magic arts numerous plant species are represented in many ways. Their qualities stand out during the stylization of all oral forms, while the floral symbolism is amongst the most common figures and formulas of oral poetry. The first impression may be that such processing are associated with the beauty of youth (girls / boys), colors and fragrances of flowers rest on the deeper layers of the folklore. The semantic potential of certain colors of flowers will be analyzed on this occasion. The symbolism of color and flower is a part of poetical image and stating feelings using auxiliary stylistic figures (epithets, similes, metaphors, allegories, metonymy, etc.). Unlike color, the smell of flowers, as a sensory experience, receives distinctive abstract components. Smell (immortelle, basil, roses) regularly equates with the soul, and depending on the poetic form (love poetry, ballads) receives some distinctive features.

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