Arts & EntertainmentLiterature

The poem by A.S. Pushkin's The Possessed. Analysis of the poem "The Possessed"

Peru Alexander Pushkin has many beautiful works, some of which are included in the school curriculum, which has made us familiar from childhood. One of such creations of the famous poet was The Possessed. The work is based on folklore motifs and reflects Pushkin's moods during the Boldin Autumn period. It is the analysis of the poem "Demons" that is the topic of this article.

History of creation

In 1830, Alexander Sergeyevich began preparing for the wedding, and for this he needed to visit the estate of Boldino, where he had to settle the business associated with the inheritance. But because of the epidemic of cholera that has begun in Moscow, the poet is forced to spend several months on the estate. Later this period of Pushkin's creative work was called Boldin's fall. At this time, the writer creates a lot of lyrical and philosophical works, one of which are the "Demons".

Pushkin's poem is imbued with folklore motifs, so beloved by the poet. In the center of the narrative is a trip to the blizzard, which is accompanied by the appearance of demons, house and other mythical creatures.

The plot, theme and idea

Pushkin was always alive and with great interest to stories in which there was an evil force and other folklore elements, considering them part of the national culture. So, in the people there are stories in which demons shoot down travelers from the road, fool them and drive them around. It was such a bike that Pushkin took as the basis for his poem. However, when analyzing the poem "The Possessed", one must take into account that the poet was an educated person, and it is doubtful that he seriously believed such stories. Any phenomenon of nature can always be found in a logical explanation. Why, then, did Pushkin take this mythical plot as the basis and even named the poem by the name of a fictitious evil?

Everything is explained very simply. The image of demons, of course, is allegorical, it symbolizes those in whose hands the power over Russia is concentrated. A traveler, wandering in the blizzard - the Russian people, who are prevented from finding a way to prosperity, freedom and happiness.

An analysis of Pushkin's poem "Possessed" is interesting because the work itself can be interpreted from two positions: political and philosophical. Political is directly related to the problem of serfdom. The Russian people can not get to happiness and freedom, because "demons", that is, those in power, do not want to give up free labor and do not want to give people freedom that can adversely affect their situation. From this point of view, the demons are the government of Russia, which fools us, humiliates and intimidates ordinary people. In the lines of the poem, an analogy is seen with secular balls, which continued even during the outbreak of cholera in Moscow: "The demons were spinning differently."

From the philosophical point of view, any person can be a lost traveler, and demons are his own passions and vices that prevent him from finding a way to his goal. Such an interpretation is inherently close to the previous one, as "demons" in power were allowed "demons" in human souls. The people allowed themselves to do this to themselves, nurtured their tormentors and continues to humbly demolish all their whims.

Composition

Compositional analysis of the poem "Possessed" allows us to conclude that the main plot technique is repetition. Thus, one and the same quatrain sounds in the beginning, middle and end of the work:

The clouds are racing, the clouds are winding;

The invisible moon

The snow is flying light;

The sky is dull, the night is turbid.

This indicates that the composition of our poem is circular. Moreover, the excerpt given as an example is also based on the repetition: "clouds - clouds", "cloudy - turbid". And in the rest of the text of the work there are a lot of repeating words and phrases: "dregs", "circles", "bell ding-ding-ding", "blizzard", "month" and "moon".

The reception of the repetition is present at the syntactic level: contextual synonyms and constructs identical in structure. For example: "Are you burying the house? Do you get married to a witch? "

The main plot of the poem is the conversation between the master and coachman. He begins with a master's remark, then comes the coachman's monologue, then the speech is cut off and resumed at the end of the work. From the conversation it becomes clear that they both see the same thing. Consequently, a simple peasant and a representative of the nobility equally suffer from wandering demons (imperial power and their own weaknesses). In this episode, the idea is concluded that the Russian people are not only serfs, but also the nobility, the upper class. And of course, only Pushkin could dare to do such a comparison.

Key Images

An analysis of Pushkin's poem "The Possessed" (literary exposition of folklore is not uncommon in the work of poets and writers) is impossible without the description of the main images in which symbolic meaning is found that helps to reveal the themes of the whole work.

As noted above, the main image in the poem is the image of demons. It is these spirits that set the rhythm of the whole poem - whirlwind, senseless walking around, impossibility to find the right path.

Another significant image is a blizzard. In itself, it is consonant with the ring composition and the spinning of demons. The blizzard causes confusion, increases the confusion and chaos of what is happening. It envelops travelers and confuses them.

The Poetic Size

Structural analysis of the poem "Possessed" makes it possible to determine the size of the poem - four-legged trochee. Pushkin knowingly chose this particular size, as his dynamism and rhythm create an even greater sense of whirling snowstorm.

Also, the poet often resorts to the use of alliteration, that is, sound recording.

Conclusion

Multifaceted, rich in symbolic images and subtexts, A.S. Pushkin "The Possessed" (an analysis of the poems of the great Russian poet, and in particular, examined by us, will help to study the school program more deeply). The poet was able to fully convey the confusion and the lostness of the traveler who got into the blizzard and did not know how to get out of it.

Similar articles

 

 

 

 

Trending Now

 

 

 

 

Newest

Copyright © 2018 en.birmiss.com. Theme powered by WordPress.