Comparative Analysis of Biblical Images in the Cycles of Poems “The Burning Bush” by Maximilian Voloshin and Vahagn Davtyan

Voloshin’s Burning Bush symbolizes the eternal mysterious force thanks to which Russia has always managed to emerge refreshed from socio-political disasters․ In Davtyan’s poetry, the Bush symbolizes Christian faith of Armenian people, phenomenon of inexhaustible power and eternal rebirth․ For Voloshin fi re is the embodiment of life and rebellion; for Davtyan – the image of homesickness․ The images of locusts (war and genocide, respectively) and the Mother of God (Motherland) are also common to the poets․ In addition, there are many other Biblical images in their cycles.