박목월 초기시에 나타난 여백의 의미와 기능 - 「나그네」, 「청노루」를 중심으로

Abstract

This study examines the significance and function of blank space in poetry through Park Mok-wol’s early works, namely The Wayfarer and Blue Deer. The Wayfarer is elaborately organized in its analogies (the wayfarer and the moon, wine and the evening light and hospitality) and rhythm (the “wayfarer” and the sound-meaning groups of morphemes having “ ” as the final consonant). The Wayfarer omits predicates to create blank space, but the dense combination of sound-meaning achieves the same effect as predicates. Blue Deer is also deftly organized in terms of analogy (parallel metaphors) and rhythm (sound groups between poetic subjects). The whole poem is intended to be read as a single sentence, and the various subjects in the single verses reflect one another. In general, blank space is created through the shortening or omission of, giving readers the opportunity to guess at the original form of the sentence. However, since not all omissions and deviations have a poetic effect, the poem must be read with a focus on the main body in order to assess the effects of blank space. This study proposes an examination of “sound-meaning” to verify the effects of blank space and reveals how the main body of a poem systematizes meaning+sound(or meaning=sound).