Poetry 2024, November
Analysis of Zhukovsky's ballad "Svetlana". Combination of romanticism and sentimentalism
An analysis of Zhukovsky's ballad "Svetlana" shows that the author took the work of the German poet Burger as the basis for the plot. Vasily Andreevich always believed that Russians should learn from Western colleagues, but remake their work in accordance with folk customs and taking into account the Russian character
To help the student: analysis of Derzhavin's poem "Confession"
Today we recall an interesting lyrical reflection of the poet and analyze Derzhavin's poem "Confession". It was written in a mature period of life and creativity, when the author was already widely known and recognized in literary circles
Analysis of "Motherland" Lermontov M. Yu
Analysis of Lermontov's "Motherland" shows that the poet deliberately created two contrasting plans to show the strangeness of his feelings. High officials only boast of their patriotism, but in fact they love not their homeland, but their own glory, obtained in bloody battles, money, power. The poet himself eschews all these ostentatious feelings, he despises hypocrites who are ready to talk for hours about their readiness to give their lives for Russia
What are the past years of Pushkin's life?
What are they, the years of Pushkin's life, lived in an ambiguous time? How did they influence the work of the poet? What role did they play in fate? But could he become a simple, provincial nobleman and live quietly somewhere far from the capital, in the depths of the Nizhny Novgorod province? Or not, and a different fate was prepared for him by God?
M. Yu. Lermontov "The Fugitive": a summary of the poem
Based on the mountain legend heard in the Caucasus, Lermontov wrote his own poem. “The Fugitive” (a summary will be presented in the article) is a work that tells about the coward and traitor Harun, who abandoned his father and brothers on the battlefield, lost his saber and rifle, fled to the mountains away from the battle, saving his worthless life
Lermontov's biography: the most important thing in the poet's life
Everyone has known Lermontov's biography since school. The most important thing that can be said about this man is a well-known talented poet, a real officer, a delightful prose writer and even an artist
Mikhalkov's best fables for children
More than one generation grew up on the fables of Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov. Boys and girls of the entire Soviet Union knew about this wonderful writer and poet even at preschool age. The verses are so simple and easy to remember that the kids, not yet learning to read, memorized them. Mikhalkov's fables for children are small instructive stories that tell how to live
Comparative characteristics of Kalashnikov and Kiribeevich. Confrontation between the people and the government
In his work, Lermontov takes the reader to the 16th century, during the time of the unlimited power of Ivan the Terrible. The main characters of the poem are the merchant Kalashnikov and the guardsman Kiribeevich, and not the tsar at all. The writer raised the theme of dignity and honor
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev: biography, brief description of creativity
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, whose poems, biography and creative path will be discussed below, is an extremely interesting person. It is not for nothing that he is considered one of the best Russian classics, among which he occupies at least a place of honor. He became famous not only as a poet, but also as a diplomat in the service of Russia, and also (albeit to a lesser extent) as a publicist and corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Evgeny Vinokurov: biography and creativity
Today we will tell you who Vinokurov Evgeny Mikhailovich is. His biography will be described in detail below. We are talking about a Soviet poet. He is a laureate of the State Prize of the USSR
Eugene Soya: biography and creativity
Today we will tell you who Evgeny Soya is. His biography will be discussed in detail later. We are talking about a young poet from Odessa. Our hero is well known both in Ukraine and in Russia. He constantly tours, often independently publishes his collections
Miroslav Nemirov: biography and creativity
Miroslav Nemirov - Russian poet, figure of contemporary art, essayist, prose writer. He was born in Rostov-on-Don in 1961 on November 8th. His father was a milling worker, and his mother was a student at the Civil Engineering Institute
Naum Korzhavin - biography and creativity
Our today's hero is the poet Naum Korzhavin. His biography will be discussed in detail later. He is also known as a playwright, translator and prose writer. His mother worked as a dentist. In 2006 he was awarded a special prize from the Big Book project. In 2016 he received the national award "Poet"
Blaginina Elena: biography and creativity
Blaginina Elena, whose biography is closely connected with the world of childhood, is a famous Russian poetess and translator. On the kind and sincere poems of the author, more than one young generation has grown up, the theme of her works is understandable to an adult
Poet Yevgeny Nefyodov: biography, creativity, interesting facts
Publicist and poet, journalist and translator, Yevgeny Nefedov was born in 1946 in the Donbass, in the small town of Krasny Liman, where he would be awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen" after his death. The roots of a man go to Russia - to the Tver region
Skorokhodova Olga Ivanovna: life in silence and darkness
Skorokhodova Olga Ivanovna is a famous writer who, by the will of fate, found herself in a difficult life situation. Having lost sight and hearing in childhood, with the help of caring noble people, she managed to adequately realize herself, leaving a huge literary heritage to her descendants. The texts of her works contain the most interesting material about the peculiarities of the imagination and the specifics of the perception of the surrounding world by a deaf-blind person
Barkov Ivan: biography of the scandalous poet
Barkov Ivan Semenovich - poet and translator of the 18th century, author of pornographic poems, founder of the "illegal" literary genre - "barkovism"
Fokina Olga Aleksandrovna: biography, poems
Fokina Olga Alexandrovna is a Russian poetess, author of several dozen books of poems and poems, who devoted her original great talent to selfless service to the people and her beloved Northern Territory. Fokina's works are permeated with the theme of Russian folklore, incredible love for nature, every blade of grass, leaf, flower
Sergey Ostrovoy: biography, creativity
Ostrovoy Sergey Grigoryevich - the famous Russian poet of the 20th century, the author of many songs, among which are loved and become popular "The song remains with the man", "Winter", "On the road, the long path", "Wait for the soldier" , "Near the village of Kryukovo", "Thrushes". Sergei Ostrovoy was married to Nadezhda Nikolaevna Tolstaya, a famous harpist, Honored Artist of Russia, 12 years younger than him. This was the second marriage of Sergei Grigorievich, which turned out to be very happy: the couple lived together for half a century
Heine, "Lorelei": an old German legend
The young romantic poet in the "Book of Songs" in 1823 placed the ballad "Lorelei". Heinrich Heine was not the first to address this topic. Over time it has become a folk song
Alisher Navoi: biography of an outstanding figure
Do you know who Alisher Navoi is, what he is famous for and what contribution he made to the development of poetry and linguistic culture of Central Asia? They say that even Sultan Suleiman himself treated his work with great love
The theme of war in the work of Lermontov. Lermontov's works about the war
The theme of war in the work of Lermontov occupies one of the main places. Speaking about the reasons for the poet's appeal to her, one cannot fail to note the circumstances of his personal life, as well as historical events that influenced his worldview and found a response in the works
Yasnov Mikhail: biography and works
Yasnov Mikhail Davidovich is a wonderful Petersburg poet, whose poems are mostly written for children and about children. Clean clear lines, penetrating to the depths of the soul with their sincerity and kindness, easily found their admirers among the audience of all ages
Zabolotsky: "Juniper bush" - analysis of the poem
The article is devoted to a brief analysis of N. Zabolotsky's poem "The Juniper Bush". The work indicates the symbols and artistic techniques used in the work
Pushkin's "Winter Road": analysis of the poem
The article is devoted to a brief review of Pushkin's poem "The Winter Road". The work indicates the features of the work, its subject matter and images
Berestov Valentin Dmitrievich: biography and career
Valentin Berestov is a Russian poet, an outstanding publicist, translator, writer, on whose kind verses more than one generation of kids grew up. Valentin Berestov was a writer, completely atypical, not like ordinary Soviet writers - this is a Man with a capital letter, joyful and absolutely free
Reflections of Nekrasov at the sight of the front entrance. Front or entrance? How to say right?
The reality that Nekrasov recreated was socially voluminous. It combined an intelligent and masculine view of things
Brief literary analysis: "Jubilee" (Mayakovsky). Features of the author's poetry
The article is devoted to a brief review of Mayakovsky's poem "Jubilee". The article describes the idea of the work and its meaning
Eleanor Farjeon: biography, poems for children
Eleanor Farjon is an English storyteller and children's poetess who at one time became known to Russian readers thanks to Nina Demurova and Olga Varshaver. They translated two of her fairy tales: "I want the moon" and "The Seventh Princess". Thus, Soviet editions of Elinor's works appeared. Despite the fact that this true Englishwoman was recognized as a children's writer, often her works become very interesting for adults to read
Poet Alexei Surkov - the pride of the land of Yaroslavl
Soviet poet Alexei Surkov, whose biography is forever associated with the Yaroslavl region, is the author of "Dugout", which came out from under his pen at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. What is known about this outstanding person?
Ivan Kotlyarevsky, "Aeneid": history of writing and summary
The modern Ukrainian language might not exist if it were not for Ivan Kotlyarevsky, who wrote the amazing humorous poem "Aeneid". Thanks to this work, the living language of the Ukrainian people was finally transferred to the book pages. However, not only this attracted the readers of the Aeneid, but also a fun exciting plot and bright, well-written characters
Andrey Bely - Russian poet, writer, critic. Biography of Andrei Bely, creativity
The biography of Andrei Bely, for all its inconsistency, is an undoubted reflection of that turning point era, which accounted for a significant part of the life of this extraordinary thinker and versatile gifted person
Famous fable: Rooster and Cuckoo in flattering dialogue
The Rooster and the Cuckoo are often seen in each of us when we hypocritically praise someone in order to receive flattering words in our address
What are acrostics? History and typology
Today for poets there is a huge choice of poetic forms in which they can create their masterpieces. One of them is an acrostic, which was especially popular among the poets of the Silver Age. Acrostics were written by Valery Bryusov, Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Gumilyov and even Sergei Yesenin. Throughout the history of literature, many other famous poets have also tried their hand at writing acrostics
Pyotr Davydov: biography of the poet
The World Wide Web often gives its users the opportunity to be surprised. This time, lovers of history and literature had to be a little surprised by the confusion that arose in connection with the name Pyotr Davydov
Fable "The Donkey and the Nightingale": the triumph of ignorance
An unfair situation, when an ignorant person undertakes to judge things beyond his mind and taste, is offensively common. About this - the fable "Donkey and Nightingale" by Ivan Krylov
Georgian fable about a crow: read and smile
If you want to cheer up, you can read the reworked fable of the great classic. Georgian fable about a crow will make you smile. If you do not want to read it, then you can familiarize yourself with the retelling of this humorous thing. There is not one, but several options for parody, two of them will be presented below
Grigory Pechorin and others, analysis of heroes. "A Hero of Our Time", a novel by M.Yu. Lermontov
Analysis of the novel "A Hero of Our Time" clearly defines its main character, which forms the entire composition of the book. Mikhail Yuryevich portrayed in him an educated young nobleman of the post-Decembrist era - a person struck by unbelief - who does not carry good in himself, does not believe in anything, his eyes do not burn with happiness. Fate carries Pechorin, like water on an autumn leaf, along a disastrous trajectory. He stubbornly "chases … for life", looking for her "everywhere"
Fable "Quartet". Hidden meaning and morality
Krylov more than once in his fables criticized not only the government and greedy officials, but also the royal power. Masterfully wielding Aesopian language, he hid obvious truths that were easily read between the lines
Yesenin, "Kachalov's Dog": who was the creation dedicated to? Revealing the secret of the age
According to contemporaries, the poet's voice was simply mesmerizing. He knew how to talk beautifully not only with women, but also with animals. Proof of this is a poem that Sergei Yesenin dedicated to Kachalov's dog. This work was created in 1925