Bunin's lyrics, its philosophic, laconic and refined

Bunin's lyrics occupy a rather significant place in his work, in spite of the fact that Ivan Alekseevich acquired fame first and foremost as a prose writer. However, Ivan Bunin himself claimed that he was primarily a poet. The path in the literature of this author began precisely with poetry.

It is worth noting that Bunin's lyrics go through all his work and is characteristic not only for the early stage of development of his artistic thought. Original poems Bunin, unique in their artistic style, it is difficult to confuse with the creations of other authors. In this individual style reflects the worldview of the poet.

The first poems Bunin

When Ivan Alexeyevich was 17 years old, his first poem was published in the magazine Rodina. It is called "Village beggar". In this work, the poet tells of the sad state in which was at that time a Russian village.

From the very beginning of the literary activity of Ivan Alekseevich, Bunin's lyric poetry is characterized by his special style, manner and themes. Many of his poems of early years reflect the state of the soul of Ivan Alekseevich, his subtle inner world, rich in shades of feelings. Silent clever lyrics Bunin this period resembles a conversation with a close friend. However, it amazed contemporaries with artistry and high technique. Many critics admired the poetic gift of Bunin, the author's skill in the field of language. It should be said that Ivan Alekseevich drew many exact comparisons and epithets from works of folk art. Paustovsky highly appreciated Bunin. He said that every line of it is clear, like a string.

In early art, not only Bunin's landscape lyrics are found. His verses are also devoted to civil issues. He created works about the heavy share of the people, with his whole soul yearned for change for the better. For example, in a poem called Desolation, the old house tells Ivan Alekseevich that he is waiting for "destruction", "daring votes" and "mighty hands" for life to bloom again "from dust on the grave."

"Listopad"

The first poetic collection of this author is called "Listopad". He appeared in 1901. This poem included a poem of the same name. Bunin says goodbye to his childhood, with his inherent world of dreams. In the poems of the collection, the homeland appears in wonderful pictures of nature. It causes a sea of emotions and feelings.

In the landscape lyrics of Bunin, the most common image of autumn. It was with him that his work began as a poet. This image for the rest of his life will illuminate the poems of Ivan Alekseevich with his golden radiance. Autumn in the poem "Leaf fall" "comes to life": pine and oak smell the forest, which has dried up over the summer from the sun, and autumn enters its "terem" "quiet widow".

Blok noted that so know and love his native nature, like Bunin, very few people know how. He also added that Ivan claims to take one of the central places in Russian poetry. A distinctive feature of both lyric poetry and Ivan Bunin's prose was the rich artistic perception of the native nature, the world, and also the person in it. Gorky compared this poet to the skill in creating a landscape with Levitan himself. And many other writers and critics liked the lyrics of Bunin, her philosophical, laconic and refined.

Commitment to the poetic tradition

Ivan Alekseevich lived and worked at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. At that time, various modernist trends developed actively in poetry. Word creation was in vogue, many authors were engaged in it. To express their feelings and thoughts, they were looking for very unusual forms, which sometimes shocked readers. However, Ivan Bunin adhered to the classical traditions of Russian poetry, which in his work developed Tyutchev, Fet, Polonsky, Baratynsky and others. Ivan Alekseevich created realistic lyric poems and did not aspire to modernist experiments with the word. The poet was quite suffice for events of reality and wealth of the Russian language. The main motives of Bunin's lyrics remain generally traditional.

"Ghosts"

Bunin is classic. This author has absorbed in his work all the great wealth of Russian poetry of the 19th century. Bunin often emphasizes this continuity in form and content. So, in the poem "Ghosts" Ivan Alekseevich demonstratively declares to the reader: "No, the dead have not died for us!" For the poet, vigilance toward ghosts means devotion to the departed. However, the same work shows that Bunin is sensitive to the latest developments in Russian poetry. In addition, he is interested in poetic interpretations of the myth, all subconscious, irrational, sad-musical. It is from here - the images of harps, ghosts, dormant sounds, as well as a special melody, akin to Balmont.

Transformation of landscape lyrics into philosophical

Bunin in his poems tried to find the meaning of human life, the harmony of the world. He claimed the wisdom and eternity of nature, which he considered an inexhaustible source of beauty. These are the main motifs of Bunin's lyrics, passing through all his work. In Ivan Alekseevich, human life is always shown in the context of nature. The poet was sure that all living things are reasonable. He argued that one can not speak of a nature separate from us. After all, even the slightest movement of air is the movement of our life.

Gradually, Bunin's landscape lyrics, the features of which we noted, turn into a philosophical one. For the author in the poem, the main thing now is thought. Many of the works of Ivan Alekseevich are devoted to the theme of life and death. The philosophical lyrics of Bunin are quite diverse in thematic terms. His poems, however, are often difficult to fit into a single topic. This should be said separately.

Thematic lines of poems

Speaking about the lyricism of Ivan Alekseevich, it is difficult to clearly define the themes of his poetry, since it is a collection of different thematic facets. The following faces can be distinguished:

• Poems about life,
• About her joy,
• About childhood and adolescence,
• About longing,
• About loneliness.

That is, Ivan Alekseevich wrote in general about a man, about what touches him.

"Evening" and "The sky opened"

One of these facets are poems about the world of man and the world of nature. So, "Evening" is a work written in the form of a classic sonnet. Both Pushkin and Shakespeare can find philosophical sonnets and sonnets about love. In Bunin, in this genre, the world of nature and the world of man are sung. Ivan Alekseevich wrote that we always remember only happiness, but it is everywhere. Perhaps this is the "autumn garden behind the barn" and the clear air pouring out of the window.

People are not always able to look at familiar things with an unusual look. We often just do not notice them, and happiness escapes us. However, from the sharp eyes of the poet neither a bird nor a cloud will escape. It is these simple things that bring happiness. His formula is expressed in the last line of this work: "I see, I hear, I am happy. Everything is in me."

In this poem, the image of the sky prevails. In this way is associated, in particular, the assertion of the eternity of nature in Bunin's lyrics. He is the leitmotif in all the poetic works of Ivan Alekseevich. Heaven personifies life, because it is eternal and extraordinary. The image of it is depicted, for example, in the verse "The sky opened". Here it is the center of reflection on life. However, the image of the sky is closely connected with other images - light, day, birch. All of them seem to illuminate the work, and the birch gives the verse a white satin light.

Reflection of the present in Bunin's lyrics

It is noteworthy that when the revolution has already begun in Russia, its processes have not been reflected in the poetic works of Ivan Alekseevich. He remained faithful to the philosophical theme. It was more important for the poet not to know what was happening, but why it was happening to a person.

Ivan Alekseevich modern problems correlated with eternal concepts - life and death, good and evil. Trying to find the truth, he turned to the history of various nations and countries in his work. So there were poems about the ancient deities, the Buddha, Mohammed.

It was important for the poet to understand the general laws governing the development of the individual and society as a whole. He recognized that our life on earth is only a piece of the eternal existence of the universe. Hence the motives of fate and loneliness. Ivan Alekseevich foresaw the impending catastrophe of the revolution. He believed that this was the greatest misfortune.

Ivan Bunin sought to look beyond reality. He was interested in the mystery of death, whose breathing can be felt in many of the poems of this author. The destruction of the nobility as a class, the impoverishment of the landed estates caused him a sense of doom. However, despite the pessimism, Ivan Alekseevich saw the way out, which consists in the fusion of man with nature, in her eternal beauty and peace.

Very versatile lyrics Bunin. Briefly, within the framework of one article, only its main features can be noted, just a few examples. Say a few words about this author's love lyrics. It is also very interesting.

Love lyrics

In the works of Bunin, the theme of love is one of the most frequently encountered. Ivan Alexeevich often sang this feeling in poetry and prose. Poetry of love in this author anticipates a well-known cycle of Bunin's stories "Dark alleys."

Devoted to this theme poems reflect different shades of love feelings. For example, the work "The sadness of eyelashes shining and black ..." is filled with sorrow of farewell to the beloved.

"The sadness of eyelashes shining and black ..."

This poem consists of two stanzas. In the first of them the author recalls his beloved, the image of which still lives in his soul, in his eyes. However, the lyrical hero bitterly realizes that the youth has passed, and the old beloved can not be returned. His tenderness in the description of the girl is emphasized by various means of expressiveness, for example metaphors ("sorrow of eyelashes", "fire of eyes", "diamonds of tears") and epithets ("eyes of heaven", "tearful eyes", "eyelashes shining").

In the second verse of the poem, the lyrical hero thinks about why the beloved still comes to him in a dream, and also remembers the delight of meeting with this girl. These reflections are expressed in the work by rhetorical questions, to which, as you know, there is no answer.

"What lies ahead?"

Another poem on a love topic - "What's ahead?" It is filled with an atmosphere of calm and happiness. To the question "What's ahead?" The author answers: "A happy long journey." The lyrical hero understands that his happiness awaits him with his beloved. However, he sadly thinks about the past, does not want to let him go.

Bunin's lyrics: features

In conclusion, we list the main features that are characteristic of Bunin's lyrical poetry. This is the brightness of details, the desire for descriptive details, laconicism, classical simplicity, the poeticization of eternal values, especially of native nature. In addition, for the creativity of this author is characterized by a constant appeal to the symbolism, the richness of the subtext, a close relationship with Russian prose and poetry, the attraction to the philosophical. Quite often he has a roll call with his own stories.