Characteristics of the poem, its analysis: "To the Sea", Pushkin

Prominent among the poems of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin belongs to those in which he paints a picture of nature with love and great poetic power. Alexander Sergeevich took it not only as a poet, but also as a passionate patriot who is not indifferent to the fate of his homeland. One of his poems devoted to nature, we will analyze in this article, having conducted his analysis.

"By the Sea" Pushkin wrote in 1824. However, the theme of nature arose in his work before. Briefly describe its features in the lyrics of the poet.

Nature in Pushkin's lyrics

Love of nature since childhood has entered the soul of Alexander Sergeevich. Gradually, this feeling expanded and grew stronger, and then found expression in poems, poems, the novel "Eugene Onegin." The mood that excited him, Pushkin conveyed with the help of remarkable artistic images. They enrich the reader's thought, develop in us the ability to hear, see and feel the native nature that is close to the heart of the Russian people.

However, Pushkin did not come to the realistic image immediately. His poems relating to the period of southern exile, have a romantic character. One of the poems in which nature is presented in a romantic vein is the one to which our analysis is dedicated ("To the Sea"). Pushkin created it before his departure from Odessa. This we can judge on the basis that the work was processed and completed in early October 1824. However, it should be noted that in Odessa, the original version was created. Already in Mikhailovsky wrote stanzas about Byron and Napoleon Alexander Pushkin. "To the Sea," the history of which we have been briefly described, is a poem first published in 1825.

Why the sea is so dear to the poet

In this work his poetic image is combined with the author's reflections on the destinies of peoples, as well as on the fate of the exile himself. The sea is so expensive and close to Alexander Sergeyevich, that for him it is the personification of a free and rebellious element, of proud beauty and power, that is, qualities especially attracting the author. Such qualities were possessed in the perception of romantics, modern Pushkin, two "master of the doom" of the younger generation of those times - Napoleon and Byron.

Image of Napoleon

Alexander Sergeevich in the stanzas dedicated to Bonaparte does not express the direct text of his attitude towards him, as analysis shows. "To the Sea" (Pushkin) - a work in which a clear assessment of his personality is not given. However, earlier, in the poem "Napoleon", created in 1821, the author characterized this historical figure as a tyrant who despises humanity. Bonaparte was presented as a "bearer" of freedom and revolution.

Characteristics of Byron

In Byron (his portrait is presented above) Alexander Sergeevich is attracted by such features as freedom, genius, and the indomitable spirit of a fighter. The freedom-loving fighter fighting for the good of mankind, in the "deserted world" feels lonely. In the poem of interest to us, the theme of the poet's loneliness, peculiar to romantic lyric poetry, is revealed.

Reflections on the fate of people

The protest and bitterness sound in the lines devoted to Alexander Sergeevich's reflections about the destinies of people. He writes that their fate is the same everywhere: where is the good, there is a guard or a tyrant or enlightenment. Thus, the path to freedom is blocked either by tyrants or by a false culture created by the ruling classes.

Means of expressiveness

Briefly describe the means of expressiveness, conducting an analysis of Pushkin's poem "To the Sea." The general romantic character of this work corresponds to speech, which is filled with rhetorical questions, addresses, exclamations, appraisal metaphors and epithets. It is impossible not to notice the general uplift of the tone, which these expressive means create.

Farewell to Pushkin

The lyrical hero already in the first stanza says: "Farewell, free element!" It should be noted that in 1824 Pushkin was deported to Mikhailovskoe from Odessa. So he said goodbye to the Black Sea.

As analysis shows, "To the Sea" (Pushkin) is a farewell to Alexander Sergeyevich not only with his favorite elements, but also with all the romantic lyrics. The nature of Pushkin's image of nature is changing along with his transition to realistic creativity. The sea in the last two stanzas of the poem of interest to us ceases to be a romantic symbol. It becomes just a landscape. Analysis of Pushkin's elegance "To the Sea" allows us to understand what nature meant to the poet-romanticist.

In the landscape poetry of subsequent years, the poet paints nature, outwardly modest, but dear to the heart of a Russian person. It is presented in such poems as "Winter Evening", "Winter Road", "Cloud", "Winter Morning", "Once Again I Visited", etc.

The impact of the work on readers

The poem "To the Sea", strong in poetic depth, bright and original, worried the hearts and minds of both contemporaries of Alexander Sergeevich and his followers. For example, Marina Tsvetaeva, in her essay entitled "My Pushkin", described the impression that this work made on her. Being a little girl who had never seen the sea, Tsvetaeva loved him with all her heart, having become acquainted with this poem.

Finally

You can include in the analysis of Pushkin's poem "To the Sea" and a brief argument about the fact that Alexander Sergeevich was waiting in Mikhailovsky for a rather self-contained life. He filled it with creativity and reading. However, in his thoughts, Pushkin often returned to the sea. A brief analysis of the poem will end with the fact that the image sung in it helped the author in difficult times for him not to become discouraged. Thanks to this, he was able to realize new ideas.