Literature
5 - 9 grades
A. S. Pushkin "Winter Road"
Through the wavy mists
The moon is creeping
To sad glades
She pours a sad light.
On the winter road, boring
Troika greyhound runs
Single bell
Tiring noise.
Something is heard native
In the coachman's long songs:
That revelry is remote,
That heartache...
No fire, no black hut...
Wilderness and snow... Meet me
Only miles striped
Come across alone...
Bored, sad... Tomorrow, Nina,
Tomorrow, returning to my dear,
I'll forget by the fireplace
I look without looking.
Sounding hour hand
He will make his measured circle,
And, removing the boring ones,
Midnight won't separate us.
Sad, Nina; my path is boring
Dremlya fell silent my coachman,
The bell is monotonous
Foggy moon face.
1. What mood does this poem evoke? Does it change as the text progresses?
2. What images and pictures did you see? By what artistic means are they created?
3. Try to trace the features of the poetic form of the poem at the phonetic, lexical, syntactic, and compositional levels. Give examples.
4. What is the rhythmic pattern of the text? Why is the rhythm slow? What picture does the abundance of vowels paint?
5. What colors, sounds is the text filled with? how does it help to better understand the mood?
6. What is the movement in the poetic space of the text? What is the meaning of the ring composition: "the moon makes its way" - "the lunar face is foggy"?
Answers
1. The poem evokes a sad mood. The mood changes as the text progresses. There is hope and expectation of an early meeting.
2. Pictures and images of a harsh winter, an empty road, severe frosts, the only traveler who rushes across the ocean from snow and frost presented themselves.
4. The rhythmic pattern of the text is slow. The abundance of vowel sounds paints a picture of slowness, sadness and the length of time.
Through the wavy fogs The moon makes its way, On the sad glades She pours a sad light. Along the winter road, boring Troika greyhound runs, The monotonous bell Tiringly rattles. Something native is heard In the coachman's long songs: That daring revelry, That heartfelt anguish... Neither fire, nor black hut... Wilderness and snow... To meet me Only striped versts Come across alone. Boring, sad... Tomorrow, Nina, Tomorrow, returning to my sweetheart, I'll forget myself by the fireplace, I'll look without looking enough. Loudly the hour hand Will make its measured circle, And, removing the annoying ones, Midnight will not separate us. It's sad, Nina: my path is boring, My coachman fell silent, The bell is monotonous, The moon's face is foggy.
The verse was written in December 1826, when Pushkin's friends, participants in the Decembrist uprising, were executed or exiled, and the poet himself was in exile in Mikhailovsky. Pushkin's biographers claim that the verse is written about the poet's trip to the Pskov governor for an inquiry.
The theme of the verse is much deeper than just the image of a winter road. The image of the road is an image of a person's life path. The world of winter nature is empty, but the road is not lost, but marked by versts:
No fire, no black hut ...
Wilderness and snow... Meet me
Only miles striped
Come across alone.
The path of the lyrical hero is not easy, but despite the sad mood, the work is full of hope for the best. Life is divided into black and white stripes, like milestones. The poetic image of “striped miles” is a poetic symbol that embodies the “striped” life of a person. The author shifts the reader's gaze from heaven to earth: “along the winter road”, “the troika runs”, “the bell ... rattles”, the coachman's songs. In the second and third stanzas, the author uses the same-root words (“Sad”, “sad”) twice, which help to understand the state of mind of the traveler. With the help of alliteration, the poet depicts the poetic image of the artistic space - sad glades. Reading a poem, we hear the ringing of a bell, the creak of skids in the snow, the song of a coachman. The long song of the coachman means long, long-sounding. Sedoku is sad, sad. And the reader is unhappy. The coachman's song embodies the basic state of the Russian soul: "reckless revelry", "heartfelt anguish". Drawing nature, Pushkin depicts the inner world of the lyrical hero. Nature correlates with human experiences. In a small segment of the text, the poet uses the ellipsis four times - the poet wants to convey the sadness of the rider. There is something unsaid in these lines. Maybe a person traveling in a wagon does not want to share his sadness with anyone. Night landscape: black huts, wilderness, snow, striped milestones. All nature is cold and lonely. A friendly light in the window of the hut, which can shine on a lost traveler, does not burn. Black huts are without fire, but “black” is not only a color, but also evil, unpleasant moments of life. In the last stanza again sad, boring. The coachman fell silent, only a “monotonous” bell sounds. The technique of the ring composition is used: “the moon is sneaking” - “the moon face is foggy.” But the long road has a pleasant final goal - a meeting with your beloved:
Boring, sad ... Tomorrow, Nina,
Returning to my dear tomorrow,
I'll forget by the fireplace
I look without looking.
Through the wavy mists
The moon is creeping
To sad glades
She pours a sad light.
On the winter road, boring
Troika greyhound runs
Single bell
Tiring noise.
Something is heard native
In the coachman's long songs:
That revelry is remote,
That heartache...
No fire, no black hut...
Wilderness and snow... Meet me
Only miles striped
Come across alone.
Boring, sad ... Tomorrow, Nina,
Tomorrow, returning to my dear,
I'll forget by the fireplace
I look without looking.
Sounding hour hand
He will make his measured circle,
And, removing the boring ones,
Midnight won't separate us.
It's sad, Nina: my path is boring,
Dremlya fell silent my coachman,
The bell is monotonous
Foggy moon face.
Reading Pushkin's poem "Winter Road", you feel the sadness that gripped the poet. And not in a vacuum. The work was written in 1826, during a difficult period in the life of Alexander Sergeevich. More recently, there was an uprising of the Decembrists, after which many were arrested. There wasn't enough money either. He spent by that time a modest inheritance left from his father. Also, one of the reasons for creating the verse, perhaps, was an unhappy love for Sophia, a distant relative. Pushkin wooed her, but to no avail. We see the echo of this event in this work. The hero thinks about his beloved named Nina, but foresees the impossibility of happiness with her. The poem reflected the general mood of depression and longing.
The predominant size in the poem "Winter Road" is a four-foot trochee with a cross rhyme.
Through the wavy mists
The moon is creeping
To sad glades
She pours a sad light.
On the winter road, boring
Troika greyhound runs
Single bell
Tiring noise.
Something is heard native
In the coachman's long songs:
That revelry is remote,
That heartache...
No fire, no black hut...
Wilderness and snow... Meet me
Only miles striped
Come across alone.
Tomorrow, returning to my dear,
I'll forget by the fireplace
I look without looking.
Sounding hour hand
He will make his measured circle,
And, removing the boring ones,
Midnight won't separate us.
It's sad, Nina: my path is boring,
Dremlya fell silent my coachman,
The bell is monotonous
Foggy moon face.
Analysis of the poem by A.S. Pushkin "Winter Road" for schoolchildren
This work reflects the realities of the century in which the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin lived and created his brilliant works. The poem was written in 1825 (1825). At that time, electricity, asphalt pavement and automobiles had not yet been invented. The author in his brilliant work writes about what surrounds him, describes a journey in a sleigh along a winter road. The reader is presented with images that quickly replace each other.
A feature of this work is its fast rhythm. It seems that the rattling sledges tumble from side to side make the poet rush from side to side. And his gaze opens to the moon, hidden behind the fogs, the backs of horses, the coachman. Immediately, as in a strange dream, the image of Nina arises, to which Alexander Sergeevich is in such a hurry. All this is mixed up in the mind of the author and conveys not only the emotional state of the author, but also the winter landscape, where the wind, the moon, sad glades.
- epithets: "wavy fogs", "sad glades", "boring road", "monotonous bell", "reckless revelry", "striped versts", "foggy moon face",
- personifications: "sad glades", the moon makes its way, the lunar face,
- metaphor: the moon pours a sad light,
- repetitions: "tomorrow, Nina, tomorrow, returning to my dear" ..
Bored, sad... Tomorrow, Nina,
Tomorrow, returning to my dear,
I'll forget by the fireplace
I look without looking.
There is a repetition in this quatrain - this is how the author denotes fatigue on the road, which exhausts and confuses thoughts and feelings. With a desire to escape from this uncomfortable journey, the poet plunges into memories, but something again makes him return and hear the monotonous bell, see how the coachman is silently dozing.
The winter road of that time was so difficult, which today is a story about some other world unknown to us.
In the works of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, scenes from his life appear. They are bright and affordable. The culture of speech and the skill of the poet teach the culture of communication and storytelling.
Through the wavy mists
The moon is creeping
To sad glades
She pours a sad light.
On the winter road, boring
Troika greyhound runs
Single bell
Tiring noise.
Something is heard native
In the coachman's long songs:
That revelry is remote,
That heartache...
No fire, no black hut,
Wilderness and snow... Meet me
Only miles striped
Come across alone…
Boring, sad ... Tomorrow, Nina,
Returning to my dear tomorrow,
I'll forget by the fireplace
I look without looking.
Sounding hour hand
He will make his measured circle,
And, removing the boring ones,
Midnight won't separate us.
It's sad, Nina: my path is boring,
Dremlya fell silent my coachman,
The bell is monotonous
Foggy moon face.
Analysis of the poem "Winter Road" by Pushkin
A. S. Pushkin was one of the first among Russian poets to successfully combine landscape lyrics with personal feelings and experiences in his works. An example of this is the famous poem "Winter Road". It was written by the poet during a trip to the Pskov province (end of 1826).
The poet was recently released from exile, so he is in a sad mood. Many former acquaintances turned away from him, freedom-loving poems are not popular in society. In addition, Pushkin is experiencing significant financial difficulties. The nature surrounding the poet also makes me sad. The author is not at all pleased with the winter trip, even the usually cheerful and encouraging "bell ... tiresomely rattles." The mournful songs of the coachman exacerbate the sadness of the poet. They represent a purely Russian original combination of "reckless revelry" with "cordial longing."
The endless Russian versts, marked by wayposts, are tediously monotonous. It seems that they can last a lifetime. The poet feels the immensity of his country, but this does not bring him joy. A weak light seems to be the only salvation in the impenetrable darkness.
The author indulges in dreams about the end of the journey. There is an image of the mysterious Nina, to whom he goes. Researchers have not come to a consensus about whom Pushkin has in mind. Some believe that this is a distant acquaintance of the poet S. Pushkin, with whom he had a love relationship. In any case, the author is warmed by memories of a woman. He imagines a hot fireplace, an intimate setting and solitude with his beloved.
Returning to reality, the poet sadly notes that the boring road tired even the coachman, who fell asleep and left his master all alone.
In a sense, Pushkin's "winter road" can be compared with his own destiny. The poet acutely felt his loneliness, he practically did not find support and sympathy for his views. Striving for lofty ideals is a perpetual movement across the vast Russian expanses. Temporary stops along the way can be considered Pushkin's numerous love stories. They were never long, and the poet was forced to continue his tedious journey in search of an ideal.
In a broader sense, the poem symbolizes the common historical path of Russia. The Russian troika is a traditional image of Russian literature. Many poets and writers, following Pushkin, used it as a symbol of national destiny.
