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"February" is one of the first known poems of the famous poet. Unusually short, concise, capacious, as if chased, it at the same time impresses with its versatility and beauty.
The analysis of Pasternak's poem is difficult precisely because of this diversity of the work, deliberate simplicity and internal harmony and complexity. It was written back in 1912 and very soon, the very next year, it was published in a collection of poems called "Lyrics", which became the first printed speech of the poet. Already in the forties, he writes a new version of this work, but then returns to the original one.
No matter how simply Pasternak himself wrote, the analysis of the poem is given to posterity with difficulty. The theme seems to be clear. And then it all gets confusing. It seems to be February, then what kind of downpour are we talking about? The thing is that all these are expressions peculiar to symbolism. As the poet’s friend and literary historian Konstantin Loks wrote, Pasternak’s work is a new reality, another dimension in which the perception and mood of the spiritual world merges with the real world that exists around a person. And sothen everything falls into place.
When analyzing Pasternak's poem "February", it is with this approach that one must act: through the conditional reality of the soul and its perception by the poet himself, go to images, each of which is more like a capacious and colorful symbol. All Pasternak's early poems are, first of all, a picture of the soul, its torments, experiences and aspirations. Sadness, separation, sadness … All this is not a natural phenomenon, but the throwing of the soul. The very first word in the poem, before the period, is a kind of theme of the whole work. February. A simple, short word, similar to a heartbeat, a weak push that will move the entire avalanche from the mountain.
When analyzing Pasternak's poem, the reader gradually begins to understand that he is not moving in space, but rather in time. After all, we are talking about February. Then why the "black spring" and the downpour? It's more like March, if not April. And later, an understanding of the author's intention emerges. The beginning of the poem is a kind of journey, a journey from winter to the coming spring. Then the tempo picks up, a whole network of events flies by until the last quatrain arrives, monotonous and even, smoothly returning the reader to the very beginning.
Analysis of Pasternak's poem also reveals the features of the rhythmic construction of the poem, which is more reminiscent of the ringing of a bell. It either buzzes measuredly and low, then trembles quickly and gently. In the figurative series of the poem, a very importantsound also plays a role. It is he, and not visual images, that dominates the poem. Slush, rumbling, noisy, deafening cacophony cause vague anxiety, a feeling of confusion, and are combined with the spiritual throwing of the poet himself.
Spring mood, awakening, the desire to write, create - that's what the analysis of Pasternak's poem reveals even more clearly. And although the birth of new poems is painful, intense, the poet strives to overcome all obstacles and deliberately speeds up time in the poem, striving for the finale. Hence the click of the wheels, the waterfall of the downpour, the noisy flocks of rooks. All this roar seems to fall on the poet, trying to crush, extinguish the fire in his soul.
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