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Abstract. Figurativeness, informativeness, and insufficient level of knowledge of the creativity of the modern Russian poet O. N. Shestinskii prove the appropriateness of writing this article. The research is based on his poems devoted to the paintings of the native nature, the reflections on the meaning of life and on the nature and depth of human feelings. The aim of the article is to study the means of creating the expression and tonality in the poetry of O. N. Shestinskii. In conclusion, the author identifies the formal means the writer uses to convey his thought and to achieve the emotional impact on the reader. The analysis of the problem of figurativeness creation of modern poetic text may be of interest to the specialists in the sphere of teaching of modern Russian literature and stylistics.

Key words and phrases: художественный образ, фигуры речи, тропы, звуковая экспрессия, повтор лейтмотивной детали, контрастные звуковые комплексы, artistic image, figures of speech, tropes, sound expression, repetition of leitmotif part, contrasting sound complex