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| 1 | The relevance of the research is due to the need to comprehend the author's editing strategies in the works of Symbolist poets as a manifestation of the evolution of their poetics and worldview. Andrey Bely's poem "Melancholy" (1904) is a indicative case of textual transformation: during the reissue of the "Ashes" collection in 1929, a single text of seven quatrains was divided by the author into two independent poems – "Melancholy" (3 quatrains) and "The Double" (4 quatrains). The aim of the study is to identify the internal logic of this division, proving that it is not an editorial accident, but reflects the deep semantic dynamics of the early conception. The material comprises three versions of the text: the original (1904), the first edition of "Ashes" (1909), and the second edition (1929). The methodological basis is a comprehensive approach, including textual, comparative, and structural-semantic analysis, which allows for the examination of the evolution of the imagery system, spatio-temporal organization, and subject structure. The study proves that the division of the text is a deliberate authorial strategy that reveals a fundamental difference between two lyrical phases. The first part ("Melancholy") represents a state of passive contemplation by a dissolving subject in the enclosed space of a restaurant. The second part ("The Double") unfolds the drama of an active confrontation with the "other" in an open urban space. The key marker of this transformation is the symbol of the mirror, evolving from a passive interior object to the metaphysical principle of "mirror depth" generating the double as a living, pursuing force. It is concluded that the division of the text in the 1929 edition is an act of self-reflection by a mature poet, crystallizing the inner drama of the early conception and demonstrating how the text is able to outgrow the original boundaries, gaining a new semantic depth. The theoretical significance lies in refining the understanding of the Symbolist text's dynamics, the nature of duality, and the role of self-reflection in the works of Andrey Bely. Keywords: Andrey Bely, Symbolism, textology, the double, mirror, text transformation, poetics of fragment, "Ashes", 1929 edition | 1 | ||||