Compositional and semantic analysis of Yesenin's poem "Birch"

Yesenin was 18 years old when he left his village in order to try his luck in the big city. Like a magician, he animates in the imagination of the reader the beauty of familiar things. Folklore and expressiveness - that's what is attractive in the poem "Birch". It, like a Russian folk song, fills the soul with warmth and light. The poem "Birch" Sergei Alexandrovich wrote in 1913, even before the tragic events in the Russian Empire, which radically influenced the policy of the state. Along with many other poems about nature, it refers to the early creation of the poet. In his youth, his attention was mostly focused on the peasant landscape.

A brief compositional analysis of Esenin's poem :

"Birch" is one of those verses in which one can clearly see that his composition is based on the description of nature. It consists of four quatrains. The first includes the main meaning of the poetic work: in it the writer opens the source of his inspiration to the reader. The main compositional device is the personification. In addition, the analysis of Esenin's poem points to the absence of development of the plot, the culmination and the denouement. This work can be reliably attributed to the landscape genre.

A brief rhythmic analysis of Esenin's poem gives a general idea of his form. The structure in which three forms of syllabo-tonic versification are incorporated are playfulness and lightness: monosyllabic chorea, five-legged iambic meter and disyllabic dactyl. Female and male rhyme constantly alternates with each other, with the first line ending with a female rhyme, and the last - a male rhyme. Throughout the verse Yesenin used the same rhyme, which is called "single": it rhymes only the second and last lines of the quatrain (ABCV). A brief phonetic analysis of Esenin's poem: in large numbers there are long vowels, in particular o and e , and sonorous consonants n and p . Due to this intonation when reading aloud it turns out affectionate and gentle. Yesenin's style is full of sensual experiences, instantly filling the imagination of the reader with eloquent images.

Semantic analysis of the poem:

Yesenin, although attracted to the city life, but in his heart he remained true to the beauty of the Russian outback and, yearning for the sceneries of the small country, wrote many lyrical poems on this topic. So this short, but from no less beautiful, work theme is nature. The main role in the creation of the poetic image is played by the attitude to the birch tree of the lyrical hero, with whom Yesenin himself associated himself. The analysis of the poem and the impressions that it evokes reveal to the reader the youth, lightness and romanticism of the author. At first glance, the name of the poem "Birch" is simple and uncomplicated, but it embodies the deep affection of the poet. To chant our native birch tree is a whole tradition of oral folk art. It is for Esenin - it's not just a tree: it's a symbol of Russia. In addition, in his poems the author repeatedly compared the image of his beloved woman to this truly Russian tree. Love for Russia itself was Yesenin's unique talent, because this feeling is the only thing that can give a poet immortal fame.