Department of Education, Youth Policy and Sports
Pilninsky municipal district
Municipal educational institution
Stolbischenskaya Secondary School
Regional student conference
"Under the sign of Pushkin."
Abstract on the topic: “Literary analysis of A. S. Pushkin’s poem “It was time...”.”
Completed: Lukachev
Ivan Alexandrovich
10th grade student
Municipal educational institution Stolbischenskaya Secondary School
Supervisor: Lukacheva
Olga Alexandrovna.
607461
Nizhny Novgorod region
Pilninsky district
Pos. Budenovka
St. Zarechnaya, 41
Tel. (fax) 8(831 92) 38-235
Email mail:stolbskool@ yandex. ru
2016
Content
Introduction……………………………………………………………. ………………With. 3
1. The last lyceum anniversary of A. S. Pushkin……………………..s. 4
2. The poet’s working day October 19, 1836 and “Boldino Autumn” 1830…….p. 5-6
3. Historical and cultural commentary on the poem “It was time”…….p. 7-8
4. The ideological content of the poem “It was time”……………………………p. 9-10
5. Friendship in the poem………………………………………………………...p.11-12
III . Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………..p. 12
IV .List of references……………………………………………………………… p. 13
Note : Pages listed include title page, table of contents and bibliography.
“I always want to say too much about Pushkin,
you always say too much
and you will never say everything that needs to be said.”
V. O. Klyuchevsky
Introduction.
Pushkin... Alexander Sergeevich... Autumn 1836, October 19... St. Petersburg, apartment on the Moika, study and lines “It was time: our young holiday shone, made noise and was crowned with roses... This poem was not completed by the poet. This ordinary autumn day was incredibly fruitful and can be compared, perhaps, only with the Boldinskaya autumn of 1830.
Whatever Pushkin's pen touched turned into an artistic endeavor. “He lyrically recreated his life; his experiences consisted largely in the fact that his infinitely rich and multifaceted character artistically reflected himself in different images of lyrical experience. Understanding the relationship between the lyrical image and the character of the poet himself helps to get closer to understanding Pushkin’s work. It is not enough to understand the image of one experience when we are talking, in essence, about a chain of experiences unfolded over time, about changes in the developing state of the soul ... " 1
The topic of my research was “Literary analysis of A. S. Pushkin’s poem “It was time...”.” The purpose of my work was to study late St. Petersburg lyric poetry, which includes this poem, written in 1836, three months before the poet’s death. But working in this direction, I realized that I needed to reconsider the entire life and creative path of the poet of 1836. This year brought me back six years ago - to the famous fruitful “Boldino autumn” of 1830. This poem can also be called ritually significant, written for the next anniversary of the opening of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. This day meant a lot for Pushkin.
For him, this was the beginning of his introduction to society, to “comradery,” to interesting and very different people. This feeling of friendship, carried throughout life, is generally unique in our literature. Even today it is a moral example of steadfast loyalty. I’ll try to figure this out and analyze the poem in different aspects.
In working on the abstract, I relied on the books: Skvoznikova V. Lyrics of Pushkin, Fomicheva S. A. Poetry of Pushkin. Creative evolution.
Svoznikov V. Pushkin’s lyrics. - Moscow, “Fiction”, 1975, p. 16
The last Lyceum anniversary of A. S. Pushkin.
The poem “It was time...”, written in mid-October 1836, is one of Pushkin’s last works. It is dedicated to the anniversary of the opening of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum and is designed in the genre of a friendly message. This is an unfinished poem; Pushkin did not have time to finish it for the holiday and read it at the evening in an unfinished form at a very thinned-out meeting of fellow graduates and, as they recall, began to cry and could not continue.
Here are documentary lines from the protocol of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Lyceum, October 19, 1836.
“The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lyceum was celebrated by Yudin, Myasoedov, Grevenits, Yakovlev, Martynov, Modest, Korf, A. Pushkin, Alexey Illichevsky, S. Komovsky, F. Steven, K. Danzas.
The above-mentioned gentlemen gathered in Yakovlev’s house and feasted as follows: 1) they dined deliciously and noisily, 2) they drank three health drinks: a) for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lyceum, c) for the prosperity of the Lyceum, c) for the health of those who were absent, 3) they read letters written once absent brother Kuchelbecker to one of his comrades, 4) read ancient protocols and songs and other papers stored in the Lyceum archives by the headman Yakovlev, 5) commemorated the Lyceum's antiquity, 6) sang national songs,7) Pushkin began to read poems on the 25th anniversary of the Lyceum, but he did not remember all the poems and, moreover, said that he had not finished them, but promised to finish them, copy them and add them in the original to today’s minutes.
Note. Everyone gathered at half past five and left at half past nine.
According to the testimony of the headman of the Lyceum Anniversaries M.L. Yakovlev, Pushkin only began the first stanza, in general silence:
“It was time, our holiday is young
He shone, made noise and was married with roses...”
As tears rolled down from his eyes, he could not continue reading. 1
If we go back to October 1825, where the poet also reads a poem, we feel a different mood, Pushkin has a presentiment that he will be with friends, and here in October 1836 he has a presentiment of death.
Find out about the book at the library.
The poet’s working day is October 19, 1836 and “Boldino Autumn” 1830.
No matter how difficult the circumstances were, August and September 1836 were marked by high creative enthusiasm for Pushkin. In September he worked on the white version of The Captain's Daughter. At the end of the month, the poet sent the first part of the novel, rewritten by him in his own hand, to the censor P. A. Korsakov. Korsakov, who had a reputation as one of the most educated and benevolent censors, sent Pushkin a response the next day. It was a most kind letter. P. A. Korsakov reported that he had just read Pushkin’s new work and was ready to sign it for publication even now. The first reader of Pushkin’s novel spoke about it with genuine admiration: “With what pleasure I read it! Or not; I didn’t just read it, I devoured it! I’m looking forward to the next chapters.” 1
This letter was an unexpected joy for the poet after all the misadventures with censorship that he had to endure this year. Pushkin completed work on the white text of the novel three weeks later. On the last page of the manuscript he put the date: "Oct 19, 1836." This is how the poet celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Lyceum.
Pushkin's manuscripts marked with this date give us a unique opportunity to see how the poet worked that autumn.
On October 19, Pushkin completed the final pages of The Captain's Daughter. On the same day he worked on the poem “It was time: our holiday is young...”.Timed to coincide with the Lyceum anniversary, it, as you know, remained unfinished. During the day, Pushkin rewrote the stanzas that he had managed to finish, so that in the evening he could read them at a meeting with M. L. Yakovlev.
The same date marks Pushkin’s famous letter to Chaadaev, the significance of which goes far beyond the limits of private correspondence. It was a response to the publication of Chaadaev’s “Philosophical Letter” in “Telescope”, which caused a wide public outcry just in those days. Continuing his long-standing dispute with Chaadaev, Pushkin wrote to him on October 19: “As for our historical insignificance, I absolutely cannot agree with you<...>I am far from delighted with everything that I see around me: as a writer - I am irritated, as a person with prejudices - I am offended - but I swear on my honor that for nothing in the world I would not want to change my fatherland or have a history other than ours. ancestors, the way God gave it to us."
But he spoke about the current situation in Russia with deep bitterness, “... this lack of public opinion, this indifference to any duty, justice - and truth, this cynical contempt for human thought and dignity,” wrote Pushkin, “can truly lead to despair.” “You did well to say this loudly. But I’m afraid that your [religious] historical views will harm you.” 2
When, a few days later, rumors spread about government repressions that had befallen Chaadaev and the publisher of Telescope, Pushkin decided not to send his letter. He wrote a note on it at the bottom: “A raven will not peck out a raven’s eye.” But the poet read this letter to his friends and acquaintances, and it became widespread in the lists.
1. Belinsky V. G. KhVI, With. 162
2. Belinsky V. G. KhVI, With. 172. 173, 393
The poet's working day on October 19 ended early. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Pushkin left the house and went to M. L. Yakovlev for the traditional meeting of lyceum students of the first graduating class. But this short autumn day, in terms of the scope and significance of what the poet managed to do, resembles the blessed days of his most fruitful Boldino autumn.
It was in September - November 1830 - in this famous “Boldino Autumn”, amazing in its “fertility”, as the poet himself said - that Pushkin at the same time committed a serious deed: he burned the tenth chapter of “Onegin”, and perhaps anything else is unknown to us. And it is no coincidence that this happened on October 19th. On the same day, he composed his last letter to Chaadaev, summing up their long-term and difficult relationship (I spoke about this above). In the “Boldino autumn” of 1830 there was no pre-travel rush: there were other extremely unpleasant troubles. But there was also time to concentrate in solitude and take stock of the next life results. 1 But then the focus on the lyceum memories itself did not take place. And soon Delvig, his closest friend from the Lyceum, suddenly dies. Perhaps that is why Pushkin was not present at the 1831 holiday. But this day is not passed over in silence, the poet will write “The more often the Lyceum celebrates.” And now Alexander Sergeevich returns again to what he has not yet said, and each return is a new stage in the moral and creative movement.
1. Svoznikov V. Pushkin’s lyrics. - Moscow, “Fiction”, 1975, p. 70
Historical and cultural commentary on the poem “It was time...”
Alexander Sergeevich superstitiously honored the day of the Lyceum and celebrated it differently in different years, depending on the conditions and state of mind. Five poetic responses to lyceum anniversaries - the most valuable milestones in the development of Pushkin's lyric poetry. These poems are traces that represent to us the breadth of the poet’s acceptance of life. Each poem is a return to the past. Each return is a new stage in the moral and creative movement. I would like to list them all: 1) October 19, 1825 (“The forest is dropping its crimson pattern,” 2) October 19, 1827 (“God help you, my friends,” 3) October 19, 1828 quatrain (“Having prayed earnestly God"), 4) October 19, 1831 (“The more often the Lyceum celebrates”) and 5) the last return on October 19, 1836 - in the last anniversary message “It was time...”
Poem by A.S. Pushkin “It was time: our holiday is young...” was written in 1836 for the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. It was opened on October 19, 1811 in accordance with the decree of Emperor Alexander I, developed by him with the participation of his associate M.M. Speransky. The lyceum accepted boys 11–12 years old from noble families to study various sciences. Young Pushkin was also sent there. There the poet found many comrades, whose friendship he carried throughout his life: Delvig, Pushchin, Kuchelbecker, Volkhovsky, Matyushkin and many others. From then on, they gathered together every year to celebrate the “cherished day of the Lyceum” and remember “what we were witnesses to.” But there was something...In Russia, the historical 19th century began on the night of March 12, 1801, with the assassination of Emperor Paul I. Under him, Russian-French relations were contradictory - from a complete break to friendship. The new Emperor Alexander I initially treated Napoleon peacefully, but the murder of the innocent Duke of Enghien and the adoption of the title of Emperor by the first consul in 1804 became the reason for Russia’s entry into the anti-French coalition, which also included England and Austria (“confused nations rushed about”). The result was the complete defeat of the Allied forces by Napoleon in 1805 at Austerlitz. The stupidity of the command of the anti-French coalition, Alexander's constant interference in military affairs and the superiority of French forces led to a number of unsuccessful battles and the lost Russian-Prussian-French war. In June 1807, negotiations between Napoleon and Alexander took place on a raft in the center of the Neman River near the city of Tilsit. As a result of this meeting, peace was signed, the map of Europe was redrawn (“both kings rose and fell”), Russia joined the continental blockade of England.Despite the apparent calm, a complex diplomatic game began, which included not only negotiations between diplomats, but even professional espionage and secret agents. There was continuous preparation for war, both on the Russian and French sides. And at this time, in the presence of the emperor, the teacher of Russian language and literature Kunitsyn greets the first lyceum students with a welcoming speech... On May 16, 1812, Kutuzov signed peace with Turkey in Bucharest, even before the start of the war, inflicting a serious diplomatic defeat on Napoleon, who was pulling the last troops to the border.A month later, the multinational army of the French emperor crossed the Neman. “The storm of the twelfth year” woke up. “You remember: the army flowed behind the army” - columns of the Russian guard walked past the lyceum to participate in the war. How the lyceum students wanted to be with them on the battlefields! Many even tried to escape; Pushkin also wanted to leave, but they didn’t let him in.Napoleon lost. He could not understand the “great people”, did not understand why these barbarians did not surrender, why they did not accept his promise to abolish serfdom (and he would have done it) and how these almost unarmed peasants could cause such damage to his army. He sent ambassadors to Kutuzov, wrote letters to Alexander I; he demanded, demanded peace. Instead of the shameful surrender of Rus' (in Pushkin it was: Rus'), Napoleon received the glow of Moscow, the icy catastrophe - Berezina, Leipzig, the capture of Paris, abdication, the “Hundred Days”, the denouement at Waterloo and, finally, the second Peace of Paris.
“Do you remember how our Agamemnon // rushed to us from captured Paris.” This is how Pushkin writes about Emperor Alexander I the Blessed. This is one of the most mysterious figures of Russian history, “Agamemnon of Europe” (Agamemnon - king of Mycenae, leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War), “Northern Sphinx”, “Crown Hamlet”. It must be said that the poet treated this emperor ironically (“The ruler is weak and crafty, // A bald dandy, an enemy of labor,” “I will take everyone away with my people,” // Our king spoke to the congress”). Here, eleven years after his death, the poet pays tribute to Alexander I as a man who was undoubtedly gifted and who wanted happiness for Russia: “How great he was, how beautiful he was, // The people’s friend, the savior of their freedom!”, “And no him - and he left Rus', // Raised by him above the amazed world.”
Napoleon, the genius who ruined so many lives because of pride and patriotism, died on the island of St. Helena. Alexander died in Taganrog. “And a new tsar, stern and powerful,” in the person of Nicholas I, ascended the throne. Decembrists, among whom there were many lyceum students, in Siberia; censorship is tightened, a secret police is created - a repressed man of the Nicholas era appears. Romanticism and chivalry are disappearing. Eternal drama. The eternal pathos of history. A story that Pushkin feels very well. The poem remained unfinished - in three months the poet would be killed.
The ideological content of A. S. Pushkin’s poem “It was time...” .
In this poem, one of the very last works of Pushkin in general, created when black clouds were gathering more and more hopelessly over him, the poet looks with a sad, almost farewell gaze at his personal life, and at that turbulent era of wars and revolutions, of which he was a witness and participant. his generation.
For this poem, Pushkin used the size and stanza of his poem on October 19, 1825. It is designed in the genre of a friendly message.
This poem is permeated with sadness and despondency. It begins with a vivid contrast between two periods in the life of Russia - a period of hope and disappointment. The author compares the beginning and end of life, youthful enthusiasm and sadness of people who have seen a lot in life. Time changes not only the appearance, but also the thoughts and feelings of a person.
The years have passed in unnoticed succession,
And how they changed us!
No wonder - no! - a quarter of a century has flown by!
Constantly repeating the words “Do you remember...”, the poet seems to recreate a historical picture of what his friends experienced over these 25 years.
Remember, O friends, from that time.
When our circle of fate was connected,
What, we were witnesses!
In this poem there are no pictures of autumn so beloved by Pushkin and so appropriate in this case (for example, in comparison with the first four poems that I mentioned above). The message was written in the city by a man caught up in the daily bustle of the city. The lyrical thought of this last gift to the memories of lyceum youth does not spread in breadth: on the contrary, it is directed into the depths of the sensation that has come. She does not soar in the autumn space - she was born within the walls of an office on the Moika River that was just being settled in and announced in the apartment of an old friend. This last message is especially noteworthy not only for its extreme maturity of poetic culture. The thought here reaches a very deep and essentially unified root. The motives of the “unshakable” alliance, camaraderie and the Tsarskoye Selo impressions themselves come together and are intertwined, and finally, most importantly, the themes of the Motherland, the military feat of the “thunderstorm of the twelfth year,” and people’s patriotism. With the maturation of Pushkin’s people, with an increasingly concrete idea of the people and their history, there is a kind of “spreading” of the lyrical figurative memory itself.
The trait is very interesting. The boy saw with envy how Russian people walked past his “canopy of sciences” to a terrible battle. Two years later, in a solemn examination ode, he remembered these people in the guise of the majestic and abstract “Ross”, who rebelled against the arrogant “Gal”. And after fifteen years in memory, it would seem, the impression was destined to fade, to lose its vibrant vividness.
After so many years, the poet suddenly sees a mass of military troops tossed up by a “thunderstorm” and feels the soldier’s labor. And he persistently seeks more complete definitions. 1
The thought seems to be circling around something that is the only possible, the most true, something that even Pushkin himself did not quite understand, to express the essence of the diverging sea of people, the historical essence of the stability of the Russian man. This poem captures the mature poet’s new approach to the phenomena of life, his historicism.
Svoznikov V. Pushkin’s lyrics. - Moscow, “Fiction”, 1975,
Friendship in a poem.
One cannot help but talk about friendship in this poem.Pushkin's need for friendly communication, for the understanding and support of friends was as constant as the need to love and be loved. But Pushkin understood friendship not only as a relationship that arises between two people. “Friendship” for him is a whole circle of people close in fate, this is “brotherhood”, “our union”, which formed back in the Tsarskoye Selo LyceumIn essence, the beginning of this poem is a generalized image of the poem “Feasting Students” (the poet wrote it when he was 15 years old), but it was written in the free hand of a master. The poem compares the beginning and end of life, animation and silence. Time changes both the feelings and appearance of people. But the poet claims that “it’s not for nothing that a quarter of a century has flown by.” The poem, permeated with the refrain “Do you remember...”, restores the historical panorama of the century for friends.
“Remember, O friends. From then on,
When our circle of fate was connected,
What, what were we witnesses to!
Games of the mysterious game,
Confused peoples rushed about;
And kings have risen and fallen;
And the blood of people is either Glory or Freedom,
Then Pride stained the altars."
Friendship in this poem is the unity of a generation in the face of history, a century lived together, with its anxieties, victories, illusions, ups and downs.In the first stanza, the lyrical hero recalls the happy days of his youth, when comrades gathered in a close crowd and “the clinking of glasses mixed with the songs.” That carefree time in the good sense of the word is a time of hopes and dreams. Life seemed easy, and all roads were open. The second stanza seems to mirror the first. The hero sadly states: “It’s not the same now...”. Youth is gone, there is less fun at the holidays, songs practically stop playing, they are replaced by thoughtful silence. Readers get the feeling that each line of the first stanza in the second is presented with a minus sign. Such an antithesis - the opposition of youth and maturity - is quite traditional. It is often found in other writers as well.The beginning of the third stanza is a logical continuation of the previous arguments. The hero sadly says:
The years have passed in unnoticed succession,
And how they changed us!
The whole world revolves around man, -
Will he really be the only one who doesn't move?
In a toast pronounced at a friendly party, philosophical issues arise. Pushkin compares human life with the life of the Universe. He seems to project the inner world of a person onto the world of the Universe. At the beginning of the fourth stanza, the lyrical hero again turns to his comrades, asking them to remember what they managed to survive together. And here the “plays of the mysterious game” appear. Through this image, the poem is taken to a completely different level. The friendly feast fades into the background. It is replaced by something more global - world history, into which lyceum students find themselves included. Subsequently, the scale will vary again. For example, in the fifth stanza the hero directly addresses his former classmates. At the same time, we are talking about memories accessible to a narrow circle of people - about the day when the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum first opened its doors to students. Pushkin highly and tragically reflects on the possibility of overcoming death in friendship. And, addressing his friends in his last message, he tells them with wise understanding:
No wonder - no! – a quarter of a century has flown by!
Do not complain: this is the law of fate;
The whole world revolves around man, -
Will he really be the only one motionless?
Conclusion
In the poem “It was time...” the poet makes a historical overview of the events that his generation witnessed: the opening of the Lyceum, farewell to the brothers who were going through the Village to the war with Napoleon, the return of the victorious king, his death. The poet compares the beginning of life and the end. Time is merciless, it changes everything: feelings, appearance, history, but the loyalty to the Lyceum brotherhood, which is thinning year by year, is not destroyed. To his bright dreams and hopes. The lyceum brotherhood is a whole life lived together by people of the same generation, during which friends shared all the joys and sorrows, ups and downs, victories and failures, hopes and disappointments. This is spiritual openness and the joy of unity, this is a joint struggle and commonality of views. This is fidelity in difficult life trials, this is the feeling of a generation. This is a feeling of unity of fate and overcoming the fear of death. It was the lyceum brotherhood that managed to maintain unity in the face of history. Unfortunately, Alexander Sergeevich did not complete this poem. The incompleteness of this poem has acquired an almost symbolic character. In the same way - at the apogee of its development - all of Pushkin’s creativity suddenly ended. On this short autumn working day - October 19, 1836, the poet managed to accomplish as much in scope and significance of what he accomplished as he did in the blessed days of his most fruitful Boldino autumn.
List of used literature
Skvoznikov V. Pushkin’s lyrics, Moscow “Fiction”, 1975
Fomichev S. A. Pushkin’s poetry. Creative evolution, Leningrad, “Science”,
1986
Belinsky V. G. Articles about Pushkin. Internet resources.
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It was time: our holiday is young
He shone, made noise and was married with rods,
And the clinking of glasses mixed with the songs,
And we sat together in a crowd.
Then, careless ignoramuses at heart,
We all lived easier and bolder,
We drank everything to the health of hope
And youth and all its undertakings.
Now it’s not like that: our riotous holiday
With the arrival of years, like us, I went crazy,
He calmed down, calmed down, settled down,
The ringing of his health bowls became muffled;
The speech between us does not flow so playfully,
More spacious, sadder we sit,
And less often laughter is heard among the songs,
And more often we sigh and remain silent.
It's time for everyone: it's already the twenty-fifth rally
We celebrate the Lyceum's cherished day.
The years have passed in unnoticed succession,
And how they changed us!
No wonder - no - a quarter of a century has flown by
Do not complain: this is the law of fate;
The whole world revolves around man, -
Will he really be the only one who doesn't move?
Remember, O friends, from that time,
When our circle of fate was connected,
What, what were we witnesses to!
Games of the mysterious game,
Confused peoples rushed about;
And kings have risen and fallen;
And the blood of people is either glory or freedom,
Then pride stained the altars.
Do you remember: when the Lyceum appeared,
How the king opened the Tsaritsyn’s palace for us,
And we came. And Kunitsyn met us
Greetings among royal guests.
Then the storm of the twelfth year
Still asleep. More Napoleon
Didn't experience the great people -
He still threatened and hesitated.
Do you remember: the army flowed,
We said goodbye to our older brothers
And they returned to the shadow of science with annoyance,
Jealous of the one who dies
He walked past us... and the tribes fought,
Rus' embraced the arrogant enemy,
And they were illuminated by the glow of Moscow
His shelves are ready with snow.
Do you remember how our Agamemnon
He came rushing to us from captive Paris.
What delight was heard before him then!
How great he was, how beautiful he was,
Friend of the people, savior of their freedom!
Do you remember how you suddenly perked up?
These gardens, these living waters,
Where he spent his glorious leisure time.
And he is gone - and he left Rus',
Raised by him above the astonished world,
And on the rock as a forgotten exile,
A stranger to everything, Napoleon has faded away.
And the new king, stern and mighty,
At the turn of Europe he became cheerful,
And new clouds came over the earth,
And a hurricane of them. . . . . . . . . . .
1836
Analysis of Pushkin’s poem “It Was Time”
The poem “It was time: our young holiday...”, written in 1836, is one of Pushkin’s last works. It is dedicated to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum and is designed in the genre of a friendly message. In the first stanza, the lyrical hero recalls the happy days of his youth, when comrades gathered in a close crowd and “the clinking of glasses mixed with the songs.” That carefree time in the good sense of the word is a time of hopes and dreams. Life seemed easy, and all roads were open. The second stanza seems to mirror the first. The hero sadly states: “It’s not the same now...”. Youth is gone, there is less fun at the holidays, songs practically stop playing, they are replaced by thoughtful silence. Readers get the feeling that each line of the first stanza in the second is presented with a minus sign. Such an antithesis - the opposition of youth and maturity - is quite traditional. It is often found in other writers as well.
The beginning of the third stanza is a logical continuation of the previous arguments. The hero sadly says:
The years have passed in unnoticed succession,
And how they changed us!
It seems that the atmosphere of sadness will continue to reign in the poem, but an unexpected turn occurs: “No wonder - no! “A quarter of a century has flown by!” Then follows the definition of the law of fate:
The whole world revolves around man, -
Will he really be the only one who doesn't move?
In a toast pronounced at a friendly party, philosophical issues arise. Pushkin compares human life with the life of the Universe. He seems to project the inner world of a person onto the world of the Universe. At the beginning of the fourth stanza, the lyrical hero again turns to his comrades, asking them to remember what they managed to survive together. And here the “plays of the mysterious game” appear. Through this image, the poem is taken to a completely different level. The friendly feast fades into the background. It is replaced by something more global - world history, into which lyceum students find themselves included. Subsequently, the scale will vary again. For example, in the fifth stanza the hero directly addresses his former classmates. At the same time, we are talking about memories accessible to a narrow circle of people - about the day when the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum first opened its doors to students.
According to the testimony of contemporaries, Pushkin recited the poem at the last meeting of lyceum students in his life. At the same time, the poet became so excited and emotional that he could not even complete the reading.
reading view
One of Pushkin's last works. Dedicated to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum and designed in the genre of a friendly message.It was time: our holiday is young
He shone, made noise and was crowned with roses,
And the clinking of glasses mixed with the songs,
And we sat together in a crowd.
Then, careless ignoramuses at heart,
We all lived easier and bolder,
We drank everything to the health of hope
And youth and all its undertakings.
Now it’s not like that: our riotous holiday
With the arrival of years, like us, I went crazy,
He calmed down, calmed down, settled down,
The ringing of his health bowls became muffled;
The conversation between us does not flow so playfully.
More spacious, sadder we sit,
And less often laughter is heard among the songs,
And more often we sigh and remain silent.
It's time for everything: for the twenty-fifth time
We celebrate the Lyceum's cherished day.
The years have passed in unnoticed succession,
And how they changed us!
No wonder - no! - a quarter of a century has flown by!
Do not complain: this is the law of fate;
The whole world revolves around man, -
Will he really be the only one who doesn't move?
Remember, O friends, from that time,
When our circle of fate was connected,
What, what were we witnesses to!
Games of the mysterious game,
Confused peoples rushed about;
And kings have risen and fallen;
And the blood of people is either Glory or Freedom,
Then Pride stained the altars.
Do you remember: when the lyceum appeared,
How the king opened the palace of the Tsaritsyn for us.
And we came. And Kunitsyn met us
Greetings among the royal guests, -
Then the storm of the twelfth year
Still asleep. More Napoleon
Didn't experience the great people -
He still threatened and hesitated.
Do you remember: the army followed the army,
We said goodbye to our older brothers
And they returned to the shadow of science with annoyance,
Jealous of the one who dies
He walked past us... and the tribes fought,
Rus' embraced the arrogant enemy,
And they were illuminated by the glow of Moscow
His shelves are ready with snow.
Do you remember how our Agamemnon
He came rushing to us from captive Paris.
What delight was heard before him then!
How great he was, how beautiful he was,
Friend of the people, savior of their freedom!
Do you remember how you suddenly perked up?
These gardens, these living waters,
Where he spent his glorious leisure time.
And he is gone - and he left Rus',
Raised by him above the astonished world,
And on the rock as a forgotten exile,
A stranger to everything, Napoleon has faded away.
And the new king, stern and mighty,
At the turn of Europe he became cheerful,
And new clouds came over the earth,
And a hurricane of them. . . . . . . . . .
Analysis of the poem "It was time: our holiday is young"
In the first stanza, the lyrical hero recalls the happy days of his youth, when comrades gathered in a close crowd and “the clinking of glasses mixed with the songs.” Carefree time is a time of hopes and dreams. Life seems easy and all roads are open. The second stanza mirrors the first. The hero sadly states: “It’s not the same now...”. Youth is gone, there is less fun at the holidays, songs practically stop playing, they are replaced by thoughtful silence. Antithesis - the opposition of youth and maturity. Readers get the feeling that each line of the first stanza in the second is presented with a minus sign.
The beginning of the third stanza continues the previous discussions. It seems that the atmosphere of sadness will continue to reign in the poem, but a turn occurs: “No wonder - no! “A quarter of a century has flown by!” Then follows the definition of the law of fate: The whole world revolves around a person, - Will he really be the only one motionless?
Pushkin compares human life with the life of the Universe. He projects the inner world of man onto the world of the Universe. At the beginning of the fourth stanza, the lyrical hero again turns to his comrades, asking them to remember what they managed to survive together. This is where the “plays of the mysterious game” appear. The poem is taken to another level. The feast fades into the background. It is replaced by world history, into which the lyceum students find themselves included. Subsequently, the scale will change again. In the fifth stanza, the hero directly addresses his classmates. At the same time, we are talking about the memories of a narrow circle of people - about the day when the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum first opened its doors to students.
The poem “It was time: our holiday is young...” Pushkin recited at the last meeting of lyceum students in his life. At the same time, the poet became so excited and emotional that he could not complete the reading.
“It was time” Alexander Pushkin
It was time: our holiday is young
He shone, made noise and was crowned with roses,
And the clinking of glasses mixed with the songs,
And we sat together in a crowd.
Then, careless ignoramuses at heart,
We all lived easier and bolder,
We drank everything to the health of hope
And youth and all its undertakings.Now it’s not like that: our riotous holiday
With the arrival of years, like us, I went crazy,
He calmed down, calmed down, settled down,
The ringing of his health bowls became muffled;
The conversation between us does not flow so playfully.
More spacious, sadder we sit,
And less often laughter is heard among the songs,
And more often we sigh and remain silent.It's time for everything: for the twenty-fifth time
We celebrate the Lyceum's cherished day.
And how they changed us!
No wonder - no! — a quarter of a century has flown by!
Do not complain: this is the law of fate;
The whole world revolves around man, -Remember, O friends, from that time,
When our circle of fate was connected,
What, what were we witnesses to!
Games of the mysterious game,
Confused peoples rushed about;
And kings have risen and fallen;
And the blood of people is either Glory or Freedom,
Then Pride stained the altars.Do you remember: when the lyceum appeared,
How the king opened the palace of the Tsaritsyn for us.
And we came. And Kunitsyn met us
Greetings among the royal guests, -
Then the storm of the twelfth year
Still asleep. More Napoleon
Didn't experience the great people -
He still threatened and hesitated.Do you remember: the army followed the army,
We said goodbye to our older brothers
And they returned to the shadow of science with annoyance,
Jealous of the one who dies
He walked past us... and the tribes fought,
Rus' embraced the arrogant enemy,
And they were illuminated by the glow of Moscow
His shelves are ready with snow.Do you remember how our Agamemnon
He came rushing to us from captive Paris.
What delight was heard before him then!
How great he was, how beautiful he was,
Friend of the people, savior of their freedom!
Do you remember how you suddenly perked up?
These gardens, these living waters,
Where he spent his glorious leisure time.And he is gone - and he left Rus',
Raised by him above the astonished world,
And on the rock as a forgotten exile,
A stranger to everything, Napoleon has faded away.
And the new king, stern and mighty,
At the turn of Europe he became cheerful,
And new clouds came over the earth,
And a hurricane of them. . . . . . . . . .
Analysis of Pushkin’s poem “It Was Time”
The poem “It was time: our young holiday...”, written in 1836, is one of Pushkin’s last works. It is dedicated to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum and is designed in the genre of a friendly message. In the first stanza, the lyrical hero recalls the happy days of his youth, when comrades gathered in a close crowd and “the clinking of glasses mixed with the songs.” That carefree time in the good sense of the word is a time of hopes and dreams. Life seemed easy, and all roads were open. The second stanza seems to mirror the first. The hero sadly states: “It’s not the same now...”. Youth is gone, there is less fun at the holidays, songs practically stop playing, they are replaced by thoughtful silence. Readers get the feeling that each line of the first stanza in the second is presented with a minus sign. Such an antithesis - the opposition of youth and maturity - is quite traditional. It is often found in other writers as well.
The beginning of the third stanza is a logical continuation of the previous arguments. The hero sadly says:
The years have passed in unnoticed succession,
And how they changed us!
It seems that the atmosphere of sadness will continue to reign in the poem, but an unexpected turn occurs: “No wonder - no! “A quarter of a century has flown by!” Then follows the definition of the law of fate:
The whole world revolves around man,
Will he really be the only one who doesn't move?
In a toast pronounced at a friendly party, philosophical issues arise. Pushkin compares human life with the life of the Universe. He seems to project the inner world of a person onto the world of the Universe. At the beginning of the fourth stanza, the lyrical hero again turns to his comrades, asking them to remember what they managed to survive together. And here the “plays of the mysterious game” appear. Through this image, the poem is taken to a completely different level. The friendly feast fades into the background. It is replaced by something more global - world history, into which the lyceum students find themselves included. Subsequently, the scale will vary again. For example, in the fifth stanza the hero directly addresses his former classmates. At the same time, we are talking about memories accessible to a narrow circle of people - about the day when the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum first opened its doors to students.
According to the testimony of contemporaries, Pushkin recited the poem at the last meeting of lyceum students in his life. At the same time, the poet became so excited and emotional that he could not even complete the reading.
To the question: Tell me the analysis of the verse. Pushkin "It was time: our holiday is young" given by the author Anatoly Kurbashnov the best answer is A. S. Pushkin’s poem “It was time: our holiday is young...” was written in 1836 for the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. It was opened on October 19, 1811 in accordance with the decree of Emperor Alexander I, developed by him with the participation of his associate M. M. Speransky. The lyceum accepted boys 11–12 years old from noble families to study various sciences. Young Pushkin was also sent there. There the poet found many comrades, whose friendship he carried throughout his life: Delvig, Pushchin, Kuchelbecker, Volkhovsky, Matyushkin and many others. From then on, they gathered together every year to celebrate the “cherished day of the Lyceum” and remember “what we were witnesses to.” But there was something...
A month later, the multinational army of the French emperor crossed the Neman. “The storm of the twelfth year” woke up. “You remember: the army flowed behind the army” - columns of the Russian guard walked past the lyceum to participate in the war. How the lyceum students wanted to be with them on the battlefields! Many even tried to escape; Pushkin also wanted to leave, but they didn’t let him in.
Napoleon lost. He could not understand the “great people”, did not understand why these barbarians did not surrender, why they did not accept his promise to abolish serfdom (and he would have done it) and how these almost unarmed peasants could cause such damage to his army. He sent ambassadors to Kutuzov, wrote letters to Alexander I; he demanded, demanded peace. Instead of the shameful surrender of Rus' (in Pushkin it was: Rus'), Napoleon received the glow of Moscow, the icy catastrophe - Berezina, Leipzig, the capture of Paris, abdication, the “Hundred Days”, the denouement at Waterloo and, finally, the second Peace of Paris.
“Do you remember how our Agamemnon // rushed to us from captured Paris.” This is how Pushkin writes about Emperor Alexander I the Blessed. This is one of the most mysterious figures of Russian history, “Agamemnon of Europe” (Agamemnon - king of Mycenae, leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War), “Northern Sphinx”, “Crown Hamlet”. It must be said that the poet treated this emperor ironically (“The ruler is weak and crafty, // A bald dandy, an enemy of labor,” “I will take everyone away with my people,” // Our king spoke to the congress”). Here, eleven years after his death, the poet pays tribute to Alexander I as a man who was undoubtedly gifted and who wanted happiness for Russia: “How great he was, how beautiful he was, // Friend of the people, savior of their freedom! ”, “And he is gone - and he left Rus', // Raised by him above the amazed world.”
Napoleon, the genius who ruined so many lives because of pride and patriotism, died on the island of St. Helena. Alexander died in Taganrog. “And a new tsar, stern and powerful,” in the person of Nicholas I, ascended the throne. Decembrists, among whom there were many lyceum students, in Siberia; censorship is tightened, a secret police is created - a repressed man of the Nicholas era appears. Romanticism and chivalry are disappearing. Eternal drama. The eternal pathos of history. A story that Pushkin feels very well. The poem remained unfinished - in three months the poet would be killed.
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