Переслідування лютьДва брата, занепалі під пре, ЙОГО коханий, Певний рід, Лиш гордість збуджувала в нас; Віддавши на жертву честь і кров, За пересвідчення лягліОдін в огні, а два в боюСпаслі душі своєї любовь.Сіні так славно, як жили: За Бога й волю Одда, Три заживо схоронениОдін - на вражі огні, Три здобіччю тюрми були, На дні тюремної глибини-Два Другие - зотнуті в борні; Зх тихий трьох - руйна Із Руїн-І двох зжерла глибина; лилася кров братів моїх, Тепер позбавивши я один. [29: 16, I, 17-25] Лише я, руїна одна, Бо не визнали бога їх. [27: 225, I, 15-24] Собі на горі уцілів, Щоб їх оплакувати доля. [26: 315, I, 15-26]
Rhetorical questions, exclamations, and ellipses were mentioned in the discussion of punctuation. Let us now look deeper into the matter. Altogether, there are three rhetorical questions and nine exclamations in The Prisoner of Chillon . In the Sonnet on Chillon there are five exclamations and no rhetorical questions at all. Such a difference in usage of such strong emphatic means, as exclamation, and rhetorical questions are for the English language, is caused by the narrative manner of The Prisoner of Chillon , which is thoughtful, sorrowful, tenderly sad and placate. Thus rhetorical questions are present as marks of this mood in inner monologue:
But what were these to us or him? [32: 358, VII, 13] why delay the truth? - He died. [32: 358, VII, 19] why should I feel less than they? [32: 365, XIV, 19]
Unlikely M. Kabaliuk, both V. Zhukovs `kyi and P. Hrabovs `kyi do not render the first rhetoric question. Nevertheless, generally the reproduction of rhetoric questions is not problematic. All the three translators solve this task according to their translation position, and their view of the poem s style, introducing rhetoric questions of their own (see table on page 22). Moreover, they do it within G. Byron s style, enhancing and explicating the effects of the verse-tale.is not different with exclamations, which appear when the protagonist feels emotional turmoil, or rebels against the injustice with the fervour of righteous indignation. The latter is the general mood of the whole S onnet on Chillon ; hence the exclamations:
Such murder's fitting monument! [32: 358, VII, 38] bird! I could not wish for thine! [32: 362, X, 32] hermitage - and all my own! [32: 365, XIV, 13] Spirit of the chainless Mind! In dungeons, Liberty! thou art, [32: 353, sonnet, 1-2]
Ellipsis as a means of punctuation is frequently used by translators together with aposiopesis to creat...
