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The dictionary is based on two principles - ideographic and diachronic. It shows the system of figurative means of Russian literature in its relation to the poetic picture of the world and the evolution of the system. In the first edition of the dictionary contains the semantic fragment of this system - "Birds", one of the most active and significant in the literature. The work consists of three parts. In the first part in order ideographic located metaphors and similes, in which different realities (the man, the soul, thought, word, time, light, fire, wind, and so on. D.) Compared with birds. In the second part (significantly less by volume) are metaphors and comparisons, in which, on the contrary, compared with the other poultry realities. The third part assembled path with comparison images feathers and wings (and their derivatives). The dictionary can be useful for a variety of studies on the theory and history of literary language, in practice, university and school teaching. He is also of interest to a wide range of readers interested in the imaginative means of Russian language and literature.