FUNCTIONS OF EPITETES WHEN DESCRIBING BIRCH IN THE WORKS OF RUSSIAN POETS
Epithets play an important role in the poetic works of Russian poets, performing pictorial and characterizing, evaluative functions. With their help, the authors of the poems create their own, individual image of the Russian birch, show their attitude to this tree - a symbol of Russian nature and Russia. As a rule, epithets in poetic texts are expressed by adjectives in a direct and figurative (often metaphorical) meaning.