Punctuation variation in poetic texts by G. R. Derzhavin (to the 280th anniversary of the birth)

The article analyses the punctuation differences in G. R. Derzhavin’s poetical works various editions. In addition, research considers influence of such on formation syntactic constructions and readers’ perception text a particular work. Modern essay collections, as well other sources including poet’s writings, contain discrepancies which can affect understanding message texts. seven poems by Derzhavin ("Picnics", "Drowning", "To Lyre", "Wealth", "Chains", "Hunter", Plamida") detail. Using quantitative contrastive-comparative analysis, aims to identify main between two collections published 19th century. Another objective is evaluate their modern poems. identifies most typical variation types, for example, manifested at sentence boundaries. Other types are presence mark one edition its absence other, colon replacement with another mark, choice comma semicolon. paper particularly variables cases or more epithets accompanying noun, an antithesis. analysis demonstrates high complexity inconsistency study also confirms need thorough investigation syntax based his dating back "Complete Scientific Collection writings edited Ya. Grot".