Play is a method of world creation in the children's poetry of Sigitas Geda

The article gives an analysis of poetics of play, showing how it enables to reveal space of the world outlook, development of the mythical world and the human consciousness, in what ways different problems are solved - for instance, the unity of Man and Nature, mysteriousness of things, spirituality. The principles of S. Geda's poetic play will cover a play with analogies, paradox, colours, words. The folklore, stylized by peculiar plays, enables to establish a unique model of the figurative worldVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij