The theme of nature in the poems of SERGEY ALEXANDROVICH ESENIN “Small forest. The steppe and gave...", "Powder".
Literature lesson in 6th grade.
Hot Saida Khazretovna,
teacher of Russian language and literature.
Epigraph to the lesson:
"He who has seen at least once
This edge and this surface,
That one on almost every birch tree
Happy to kiss your feet."
"My lyrics are alive
one big one
love -
love for the Motherland.
Feeling of Motherland -
basic
in my work."
Biography of the poet
- Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin was born in 1895 into a peasant family in the village of Konstantinovo, Ryazan province. S. Yesenin knew Russian folklore perfectly, which he studied not from books, but in communication with fellow villagers. About four thousand miniature masterpieces were recorded in his notebooks. And the main thing in them is the impressions coming from life.
Poet's family
S. Yesenin's parents
S. Yesenin with his younger sisters
Studies
Having graduated with honors from the Konstantinovsky four-year school (1909), Yesenin continued his studies at the Spas-Klepikovsky teacher's school (1909-12), from which he graduated as a “teacher of the literacy school.”
- Yesenin's first collection of poems, "Radunitsa" (1916), was enthusiastically welcomed by critics, who discovered a fresh spirit in it, noting the author's youthful spontaneity and natural taste.
One cannot but agree with the words of critic K. L. Zelinsky:
“The modest, captivating nature of central Russia is sung by Yesenin with deep and reverent love, like a living being. It is not for nothing that it is shown not contemplatively, but in action.”
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Small forest. The steppe and the distance.
Moonlight to all ends.
Suddenly they started crying again
Spill bells.
Unsightly road
Yes, forever beloved,
Which I've traveled a lot
Every Russian person.
Oh you sleigh! What a sleigh!
The sounds of frozen aspen trees.
My father is a peasant,
Well, I am a peasant's son.
I don't care about fame
And the fact that I am a poet.
This stunted area
I haven't seen you for many years.
Anyone who has seen at least once
This edge and this surface,
That one on almost every birch tree
Happy to kiss your foot.
How can I not shed a tear?
If with a wreath in the cold and ring
Will be around to have fun
The youth of Russian villages.
Answer the questions:
- How Yesenin sees the surrounding nature in the poem “Small Woods. The steppe and gave...?
- Why does the poet, speaking about nature dear to his heart, loved to tears, not find lofty, sublime words, but says: “unsightly road”, “sick terrain”?
- How does the poet explain his family, blood connection with the dim Russian nature?
- What mood is this poem permeated with?
- What lines of the poem indicate that world fame could not make the poet forget his father’s land, which he had not visited for many years?
"Porosh"
I'm going. Quiet. Rings are heard
Under the hoof in the snow.
Only gray crows
They made noise in the meadow.
Bewitched by the invisible
The forest slumbers under the fairy tale of sleep.
Like a white scarf
The pine tree has tied up.
Bent over like an old lady
Leaned on a stick
And right under the top of my head
A woodpecker is hitting a branch.
The horse is galloping, there is a lot of space.
The snow is falling and the shawl is laying down.
Endless road
Runs away like a ribbon into the distance.
‹ 1914›
- Answer the questions:
- What is the subject of the image in the poem “Powder”?
- What mood is conveyed by the poet in this poem?
- What pictures help to paint the Russian landscape?
- What artistic techniques did the poet use to make these paintings bright and memorable?
- The closeness of the poems to oral folk art, melodiousness, lyricism.
- Special love, mutual understanding of the lyrical hero with nature, a feeling of kinship with the world around him.
- The natural world is incredibly rich and colorful.
Homework.
Write a syncwine on the topic: “Nature in the poems of Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin.”
“Small forest. The steppe and the distance..." Sergei Yesenin
Small forest. The steppe and the distance.
Moonlight to all ends.
Suddenly they started crying again
Spill bells.Unsightly road
Yes, forever beloved,
Which I've traveled a lot
Every Russian person.Oh you sleigh! What a sleigh!
The sounds of frozen aspen trees.
My father is a peasant,
Well, I’m a peasant’s son.I don't care about fame
And the fact that I am a poet.
This stunted area
I haven't seen you for many years.Anyone who has seen at least once
This edge and this surface,
That one on almost every birch tree
Happy to kiss your foot.How can I not shed a tear?
If with a wreath in the cold and ring
Will be around to have fun
The youth of Russian villages.Eh, accordion, death is poison,
Know, from that under this howl
More than one dashing glory
Disappeared through the grass.
Analysis of Yesenin’s poem “Small Forest. The steppe and the distance..."
Dreaming of becoming a poet, Sergei Yesenin left his native village of Konstantinovo very early and set off to conquer Moscow, not suspecting that he would miss his native land. Capital life with its temptations very soon bored the rising star of Russian literature, but Yesenin understood that he would never be able to become famous if he spent his entire life in the rural wilderness. Nevertheless, having achieved success in the poetic field, he remained an ordinary peasant guy and dedicated the vast majority of his poems to his native nature, which was an inexhaustible source of inspiration for him.
In 1925, Yesenin returned to his homeland for a short time and was unpleasantly surprised by the changes that had occurred in the measured way of rural life. However, the first impressions of the trip home turned out to be very touching and exciting. The poem “Small Woods” is dedicated to them. Steppe and Dali”, in which the author once again confesses his love for the Russian land and realizes that in comparison with this all-consuming feeling his creative successes simply fade. The “unsightly road” along which he happened to return to Konstantinovo evokes real delight in the poet, mixed with slight sadness. Yesenin realizes that he has long ceased to be part of this world, so familiar to him since childhood. However, the author is ready to sacrifice everything in order to touch the past even for a moment. Therefore, he declares “I don’t give a damn about fame and the fact that I’m a poet.” At this moment, it is much more important for him that he is returning home, where he has not been for almost 10 years. His feelings are so sincere that the poet “is happy to kiss almost every birch tree’s leg.”
The most vivid childhood memories for Yesenin are the play of bells in a horse harness and the sounds of an accordion, which he calls “death-poison.” Such a comparison is not accidental, since it is precisely the playing of the accordion that evokes in the soul of a Russian person a whole range of the most contradictory feelings. For Yesenin, they symbolize valiant prowess and recklessness, so in his poem the author notes that under the “howl” of the accordion, “more than one dashing glory has disappeared into the grass.” With this phrase, the poet wants to emphasize that he is ready to give up everything that he has managed to achieve for the sake of his former life, filled with joy and serenity. However, Yesenin understands that there is no turning back for him, and regrets that he exchanged a measured rural life, simple and harmonious, for momentary success.
Small forest. The steppe and the distance.
Moonlight to all ends.
Suddenly they started crying again
Spill bells.
Unsightly road
Yes, forever beloved,
Which I've traveled a lot
Every Russian person.
Oh you sleigh! What a sleigh!
The sounds of frozen aspen trees.
My father is a peasant,
Well, I’m a peasant’s son.
I don't care about fame
And the fact that I am a poet.
This stunted area
I haven't seen you for many years.
Anyone who has seen at least once
This edge and this surface,
That one on almost every birch tree
Happy to kiss your foot.
How can I not shed a tear?
If with a wreath in the cold and ring
Will be around to have fun
The youth of Russian villages.
Eh, accordion, death is poison,
Know, from that under this howl
More than one dashing glory
Disappeared through the grass.
Analysis of the poem “Small Forest. The steppe and the distance..." Yesenina
The last year of Yesenin’s life was oversaturated with various events. The poet had a presentiment of his death and sought to make the most of his remaining time. Terrible binges alternated with powerful surges of creative inspiration. The poet managed to get married for the third time and made an attempt to recover from alcohol addiction. He attached particular importance to his last trip to his native village, which he had not been to for about ten years. Under the impression of this visit, Yesenin wrote several beautiful poems. One of them is “Small Forest. The steppe and the distance..." (October 1925).
The poet's state of mind was extremely difficult. His mood changed dramatically under the influence of the most insignificant reasons. This work was written at a moment of spiritual enlightenment; there is no oppressive feeling of gloom and hopelessness in it. At the same time, some kind of unhealthy, desperate gaiety is noticeable, which is characteristic of a person in an extreme state of nervous excitement. One gets the impression that the poet is in an unstable state between laughter and tears. Contemporaries claim that this is exactly how Yesenin appeared during this period of time.
“Spilling bells” suddenly invade the serene picture of the landscape (“steppe and distance”). They traditionally symbolize fun, but in the poet's case they cry. This sharp change in mood is characteristic of the entire work. The author's thoughts are fragmentary, they quickly change and overlap each other. From the image of an “unsightly road” the poet moves to the image of a sleigh, which in turn reminds him of his peasant origin. Yesenin seems to suddenly remember why he took this trip in the first place. After all, he had been striving to return to his native village for many years. This thought changes his mood again. The author speaks with emotion about his love for his native land, which is the true reason for his tears.
In the finale, Yesenin turns to the image of an accordion, calling it “death-poison.” The poet was very fond of this folk musical instrument and constantly invited accordionists to parties. To the sounds of an accordion, Yesenin fell into an exalted state, sang and danced. He believes that “under this howl” he is destined to die. Contemporaries claim that at the sight of Yesenin’s desperate joy, those present often could not help but cry.
Ending the poem with words about the disappearing “dashing glory”, the poet says goodbye to his native village forever. There were only two months left before his death.
A analysis of the poem by S.A. Yesenin “Small forests. The steppe and the distance."
This poem is one of Yesenin’s many about his homeland, about the return of a wanderer after long wanderings to his homeland, which is also one of Yesenin’s favorite motifs. In addition, the theme of the road, traditional for Russian classics (Pushkin, Lermontov, Nekrasov, Blok and others), is clearly expressed in the work.
It begins with a description of a roadside landscape, nondescript, unpretentious:
Small forest. The steppe and the distance.
Moonlight to all ends.
But this simple Russian landscape excites the heart of the lyrical hero, who is identified with the author himself:
Suddenly they started crying again
Spill bells.
(Animation, personification).
Every Russian person has traveled a lot along this road, “unsightly, but beloved forever.” Thus, this landscape is traditional for central Russia, and the feelings of every Russian person are shown.
The poet acutely feels the connection with his small homeland, with his roots:
My father is a peasant,
Well, I am a peasant’s son.
The sight of “this sickly area” evokes the most tender, intimate feelings of the hero. Here another, quite common motif of the poet’s work manifests itself - the animation of nature:
Anyone who has seen at least once
This edge and this surface,
That one on almost every birch tree
Happy to kiss your foot.
Returning to his homeland immediately evokes in the memory of the lyrical hero the sounds of an accordion and ditty tunes, in the rhythm of which the poem was written. The trochaic tetrameter is used - a meter typical for ditties.
This is one of the last poems of the poet, and in the final part of it - again, as in some of his other dying poems - there is a connection with one’s fate: tavern revelry, maybe even a premonition of a tragic death, again common for a Russian person:
Eh, accordion, death is poison,
Know, from that under this howl
More than one dashing glory
Disappeared through the grass.
The composition of the work is based on gradation - a gradual increase in the feeling of love for the homeland.
We need to pay attention to the sounds that the poet invites us to hear in this poem: the sobbing of spilled bells, the “ringing of frozen aspens,” ditties under a wreath and, finally, the howl of “accordion, death-poison.”
Analyzing this poem, we can conclude that it belongs to the masterpieces of Yesenin’s lyrics.
This poem by Yesenin, with its stanzas, resembles a collection of ditties that are connected by a common plot, idea, and style. However, in the quatrains themselves, the logical connection is not always discernible, as in ditties.
Everyone knows the example about the elderberry and the uncle, but here: in the third stanza the first lines contain positive exclamations about sleighs (“eh!”), and in the second suddenly there is information that the hero’s father is a peasant, and he himself, logically, is a peasant’s son . The hero - the narrator represents Yesenin himself in his image. In the fourth stanza there are also two lines about how the hero doesn’t care about his poetic fame, and the last lines about how he hasn’t been in this area for a long time. This rhythm creates a feeling of courage. The hero conveys his rollicking state, saying that he abandoned everything in these cities and returned to his native village.
The poem begins relatively calmly - with a description of the “sick” area. The animated bells are crying... In this side, everything is familiar to the poet, and therefore definitely alive. In addition, he admits that the road here is “ugly,” but at the same time it is forever loved. He is ready to kiss the foot of every birch tree (personification). And in general, the poet believes that anyone who saw this sad land would be imbued with love for it. Yesenin admits that he cannot help but cry here.
In contrast to the landscape, the “youth of the villages” is shown, which seems to rush by with a hoot, playing the accordion. Even if there is a sad landscape around, people compensate for it with their positivity and Russian prowess.
And a conclusion is drawn that connects the motives of the entire poem together. So, we must remember that more than one glory was lost here, that is, people abandoned, like the hero of the poem, the empty worldliness and bustle of the city for the sake of real life in the countryside. And they did the right thing! A famous poet comes to this idea.
Analysis of the poem Small Woods, Steppe and Dali according to plan
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