A. Blok's poem "I anticipate you ..." is a confession in which the lyrical hero confesses his dreams, feelings and fears to his beloved. Her image, the image of the Beautiful Lady, is the ideal of a woman, which does not exist in reality: "All in the guise of one I foresee you ..."
But the created harmony is broken by the reality that breaks into it. The lyrical hero is seized with confusion, melancholy, fear that this very ideal of a woman will collapse, she will turn out to be different. The hero is afraid to be disappointed in her, and at the same time in his world, which is far from reality.
The whole horizon is on fire - and unbearably clear.
And silently I wait, longing and loving.
The whole horizon is on fire, and the appearance is near,
But I'm scared: you will change your appearance ...
These lines of the poem prove all of the above and once again emphasize the feeling of discomfort, discord, inharmony in the poet's soul.
The lyrical hero deifies his beloved, this can be seen from the spelling of the pronoun "You" and the impossibility of life without her: "Oh, how I will fall - both sadly and lowly, not having overcome mortal dreams!"
In the poem, A. Blok uses various literary tropes, such as epithets - "deadly dream", "daring suspicion", metaphors - "horizon on fire".
There is also an anaphora, that is, a repetition of the words: "The entire horizon is on fire", "But I'm scared, you will change your appearance."
It is interesting that there is an epigraph to the poem: "And you will shake off the heavy dream of worldly consciousness, yearning and loving." He makes it clear that with the advent of love, a person breaks out of everyday life, love makes a person better, elevates him, although sometimes it gives rise to fear and confusion.
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“I feel for you. Years pass by…
All poems of the cycle "Poems about the Beautiful Lady", which brought great fame to Alexander Blok, are dedicated to Lyubov Dmitrievna Mendeleeva.
The cult of the Beautiful Lady originated in the Middle Ages. Even then, in the works of poets, this image absorbed the features of both a particular beauty and the Madonna. And for Blok, the Beautiful Lady is a fusion of an earthly woman and the Blessed Virgin. She appears in three guises: in cosmic perception she is the Soul of the World, in religious perception she is the Queen of Heaven, in everyday life she is a tender, slightly arrogant girl, in whose image the features of L.D. The lyrical hero calls her high words: Virgo, Dawn, Majestic Eternal Wife, bright, clear, radiant, incomprehensible, Mistress of the universe. In all verses of the cycle, the words denoting this image are written by the author with a capital letter. The image of the Beautiful Lady is inseparable from the image on the icons in gold robes and the radiance of lamps. The lyrical hero thinks of his life only as a prayer ministry to his beloved. He foresees Her appearance - "the whole horizon is on fire." Light, fire are the color dominant in the poem: “the horizon is on fire”, “it is unbearably clear”, “radiance is close”. Above it flows a stream of light. The light comes from Her herself, as if from a saint.
But, anticipating that Her appearance is close, the lyrical hero suddenly feels fear. He is afraid that Her "familiar features" will change, that he will not recognize his ideal, and that his dreams will turn out to be only a dream. This is also evidenced by the epigraph to the poem: "And a heavy dream ... you will shake off ...". The symbol of the collapse of a dream is associated with such expressive means as epithets (daring suspicion; a sad and low fall) and metaphor (deadly dreams).
“Radiance is near,” but the hero is afraid that the Beautiful Lady will change her appearance. The motive of impatient expectation of the beloved echoes the motive of fear of this meeting. The hero is afraid that the immaculate Beautiful Lady may turn into a sinful earthly creature, and her descent into the world will turn out to be a fall. How the lyrical hero would like his Beautiful Lady to always be embodied in some kind of Divine principle, capable of saving humanity and reviving it to a new beautiful life!
Alexander Blok adhered to the theory of symbolism not only in creativity, but also in everyday life, therefore he perceived each event as an omen. The poem "I Anticipate You ..." was written two years before Lyubov Mendeleev became his wife. It really turned out to be prophetic. Blok's forebodings came true, his family life was difficult, but the poet until his death believed that his chosen one was given to him from above.
"Do you remember? In our sleepy bay…” “I am sitting behind a screen. I have…” “Your face is so familiar to me…” “Many things have become silent. Many have left…” Demon “I've been waiting all my life. Tired of waiting…” “Gone. But the hyacinths were waiting…” “At night in my garden…” “Perhaps you don’t want to guess…” Autumn dances “Dear maiden, why do you need to know what life has in store for us…” Aviator “No, never mine, and you are nobody’s you won’t…” “The wind will blow, the snow will howl…” “Life is without beginning and end…” “Why in my tired chest…” “Leaving the city…” roses…” “The clarity of God is everywhere…” “It is lifted – this rod of iron…” “It fluffed up, swayed…” Together The dilapidated hut of the Raven And again the snow Pale tales “The poet is in exile and in doubt…” “I see the shine forgotten by me… ""Let the moon shine - the night is dark ..." "To you alone, to you alone ..." "You lived a lot, I sang more ..." "It's time to forget a dream full of happiness ..." "Let the dawn look into our eyes ..." knocked on the poet’s door…” “A full moon stood over the meadow…” “Catching moments of gloomy sadness…” “She was young and beautiful…” “I am running around in the darkness, in the icy desert…” “In the night when anxiety falls asleep…” Servus – re ginae Solveig Guardian Angel "I was embarrassed and cheerful..." "Oh, spring without end and without edge..." "When you stand in my way..." » On the Kulikovo field “How hard it is to walk among people…” “When you are driven and downtrodden…” “A sound is approaching. And, submissive to the aching sound ... "" The earthly heart freezes again ... "" You were the brightest, most faithful and charming ... " Nightingale garden of the Scythians "He was met everywhere ..." Stranger "Night, street, lamp, pharmacy ..." In the corner of the sofa "Bark life rose ... "" The wind brought from afar ... "Gamayun, a bird prophesying" With its bitter tears ... "In the restaurant" I strive for a luxurious will ... "" Twilight, spring twilight ... "" I plunged into the sea of \u200b\u200bclover ... "" The violin groans under the mountain ... "Dawn "Unfaithful daytime shadows are running ..." "I dreamed of cheerful thoughts ..." "I enter dark temples ..." "I wake up - and it's foggy in the field ..." "You were born from the whisper of words ..." Steps of the Commander "The shadows have not yet fallen evening…” “I am Hamlet. The blood is getting colder…” “Like the day, bright, but incomprehensible…” “The girl sang in the church choir…” “Turned everything into a joke from the beginning…” “A snowstorm sweeps the streets…” “And again – the gusts of youth…” “I told you unearthly…” “Accepting the world as a ringing gift…” In the dunes On the islands “Harmonica, harmonica! …” Poets “I will get up in a misty morning…” “Snowy Petersburg twilight…” “A child is crying. Under the crescent of the moon…” A voice in the clouds “Hours go by, and days, and years…” “We live in an old cell…” “I believe in the Sun of the Covenant…” “Understand, I’m confused, I’m confused…” “We were together, I remember…” “For a brief dream that I dream about today…” “There is a glow in the sky. The dead night is dead…” “Lonely, I come to you…” “I foresee You. Years pass by ... "" We met with you at sunset ... "Two inscriptions on the collection of the Pushkin House Gray Morning Kite From the newspapers" The wind wheezes on the bridge between the pillars ... "" They rose from the darkness of the cellars ... "" I went to bliss. The path shone…” “The morning breathes into your window…” To the Unknown God of My mother. (“The haze descended, it is fraught with fogs ...”) “The bright sun, the blue distance ...” “The clouds float lazily and heavily ...” “The poet is in exile and in doubt ...” “Though everything is still a singer ...” Come in everyone. In the inner chambers…” “I, lad, light candles…” “The window didn’t tremble for a whole year…” “Grass broke through the forgotten graves…” “Don’t trust your roads…” “I’ll see how it will die…” days…” “Renounce your favorite creations…” “Exhausted by the storm of inspiration…” “Slowly, hard and surely…” December 31, 1900 “Rest is in vain. The road is steep…” “I got out. Slowly descended ... ”My mother. (“The more painful the rebellious soul ...”) “On a cold day, on an autumn day ...” “On a white night, a red month ...” “I am waiting for a call, looking for an answer ...” “You are burning above a high mountain ...” “Slowly at the church doors ...” "There will be a day - and a great thing will happen..." You are God's day. My dreams…” “Guess and wait. In the middle of the night…” “I was slowly going crazy…” “Spring in the river breaks the ice floes…” “I look for strange and new things on the pages…” “During the day I do things of vanity…” “I love high cathedrals…” “I wander within the walls of the monastery…” “I am young, and fresh, and in love…” “The light in the window staggered…” “Golden valley…” “I went out into the night – to learn, to understand…” Ecclesiastes “He appeared at a slender ball…” “Freedom looks into the blue… "" "Secret signs flare up..." "I kept them in the chapel of John..." "I stand in power, my soul is lonely..." Is everything calm among the people? ..” “The doors open - there are flickerings ...” “I carved a staff from oak ...” “She was fifteen years old. But at the knock…” “A bright dream, you won’t deceive…” “Dark, pale green…” “My beloved, my prince, my fiancé…” “Solveig! Oh Solveig! Oh, the Sunny Way!..” “You’ll get lost in the thick grass…” Girl from Spoleto “The spirit of spicy March was in the lunar circle…” On the railway Humiliation “There is in a wild grove, by the ravine…” My mother. (“Friend, look how it is in the plain of heaven…”) “Tired of daytime wanderings…” “I dreamed of the death of my beloved creature…” “The moon woke up. The city is noisy…” “I dreamed about you again, in flowers…” “The edge of heaven is an omega star…” “Dear friend! You are a young soul ... "Ophelia's song" When the crowd around the idols applauds ... "" Do you remember the disturbing city ... "" Fate itself bequeathed to me ... "" I am old in soul. Some kind of black lot…” “Do not shed burning tears…” “Why, why into the darkness of non-existence…” “The city sleeps, shrouded in mist…” “So far with a calm foot…” Dolor ante lucem “Autumn day descends in a slow succession…” “You rise you, what a strict day ... "" We walked along the azure path ... "" The morning eye opened up ... "" I walked in the darkness of a rainy night ... "" Today at night along one path ... "" May is cruel with white nights! .. " Ravenna Autumn day Artist Twelve "I remember the tenderness of your shoulders..." "Well, what? Weak arms are wearily twisted…” A voice from the choir The last parting word “The bow sang. And a stuffy cloud…” Korolinna “You lived alone! You weren't looking for friends…” Autumn will Rus Meeting “I put my ear to the ground…” “In a hungry and sick captivity…” Z. Gippius. (Upon receiving Last Poems) "Angry gaze of colorless eyes..." "How the ocean changes color..." "Snowy spring is raging..." "Oh yes, love is free like a bird..." "It's raining and slush outside..." , they will bury deep ... "" You keep saying that I am cold, closed and dry ... "" The flute sang on the bridge ... "
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok
And the heavy dream of worldly consciousness
You will shake off, longing and loving.
Vl. Solovyov
I anticipate you. Years pass by
All in the guise of one I foresee You.
The whole horizon is on fire - and unbearably clear,
And silently I wait, yearning and loving.
The whole horizon is on fire, and the appearance is near,
But I'm afraid: you will change your appearance,
And daringly arouse suspicion,
Replacing the usual features at the end.
Oh, how I fall - both sadly and lowly,
Not having overcome deadly dreams!
How clear is the horizon! And radiance is near.
But I'm afraid: you will change your appearance.
Lyubov Mendeleev
Alexander Blok had several love affairs in his life, but Lyubov Mendeleev remained his muse and inspiration throughout his life, the marriage with which turned out to be quite complicated and contradictory. However, it was to her that Blok dedicated his first cycle of works “Poems about the Beautiful Lady”, which brought immense popularity to the novice poet.
The poet had known his future wife since childhood, since the estates of his grandfather Alexander Blok and Lyubov Mendeleeva's parents were in the neighborhood. Nevertheless, when, already a student, Blok met a 16-year-old beauty, he could not hide his admiration. However, Lyubov Mendeleeva ignored the poet's courtship, as she considered him a dandy and a completely empty person who was of no interest to her. Nevertheless, Blok himself was sure that he had met his fate, and someday this impregnable and even arrogant person would agree to become his wife.
Lyubov Dmitrievna Mendeleeva and Alexander Blok, 1903
The poet adhered to the theory of symbolism not only in creativity, but also in life, therefore, he interpreted each event as an omen. That is why Blok took another chance meeting with Mendeleev as a sign from above. It is noteworthy that his chosen one, who was not fond of such mysticism, nevertheless succumbed to the poet's persuasion and soon became his wife. However, two years before this important event in the life of the poet, he wrote a work called "I Anticipate You ...", which was included in the cycle "Poems about the Beautiful Lady." And, most surprisingly, it really turned out to be prophetic.
Literally from the first lines, the author claims that his subsequent life is predetermined, and there is a place in it for the one that so far does not even know about it. “The whole horizon is on fire - and unbearably clear, and silently waiting, longing and loving,” the author notes, very unequivocally indicating that he has resigned himself and completely submitted to the path that was destined for him. At the same time, the poet anticipates that his family life will not be as smooth and serene as he dreams. “But I’m afraid: you will change your appearance,” Blok seems to warn himself. What is hidden behind this line will become clear a few years later, when Lyubov Mendeleev leaves her husband for the poet Andrei Bely.
Andrey Bely
It remains only to be surprised that the author not only managed to predict what his marriage would be like, but also determined in advance in relation to the betrayal of his beloved woman, noting: “Oh, how I will fall - both sadly and lowly, without overcoming deadly dreams!”.
Indeed, one of the reasons for the collapse of his marriage with Lyubov Mendeleeva was the poet's utopian dreams that in the union of two people the main thing is the spiritual, and not the physical, aspect of life together. Moreover, madly in love with his wife, Blok at the same time despised her for quite earthly qualities, such as pragmatism and a sober outlook on life. That is why he did not even try to stop his beloved's romance with his best friend, believing that such was fate, and it was useless to argue with her.
As a result, Lyubov Mendeleeva nevertheless returned to her husband, but their life together turned into a nightmare. When they were together, they constantly quarreled and reproached each other for treason. But as soon as the couple broke up for at least a few days, letters with declarations of love flew to different parts of the country. This strange and very contradictory union brought both Blok and Mendeleeva a lot of mental suffering. But the poet until his death believed that his chosen one was given to him from above, therefore he was ready to bear his cross with humility, forgive, believe and hope that his marriage would someday be truly happy.
When studying the poetry of the Silver Age, it is advisable to read the verse “I Anticipate You” by Alexander Alexandrovich Blok. This poem was written two years before Blok married Lyubov Mendeleeva, the daughter of the famous scientist. The poet was characterized by symbolism, which guided him not only in his work, but also in everyday life. In every event, he tried to find omens from above.
From the first lines of the poem, it becomes the confession of a lyrical hero. He idolizes his beloved, as evidenced by the appeal to her, written with a capital letter. The idealized image is far from reality, and the hero is aware of this somewhere in his soul. He is haunted by fear, based on the fact that his beloved may change over time, not justifying his hopes. These words became prophetic, the marriage of Blok and Mendeleeva was very difficult. Not the last role in this was played by the fact that Blok preferred physical intimacy to spiritual relationships, and his wife did not share such views.
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And the heavy dream of worldly consciousness
You will shake off, longing and loving.
Vl. Solovyov
I anticipate you. Years pass by
All in the guise of one I foresee You.
The whole horizon is on fire - and unbearably clear,
And silently I wait, longing and loving.
The whole horizon is on fire, and the appearance is near,
But I'm afraid: you will change your appearance,
And daringly arouse suspicion,
Replacing the usual features at the end.
Oh, how I fall - both sadly and lowly,
Not having overcome deadly dreams!
How clear is the horizon! And radiance is near.
But I'm afraid: you will change your appearance.
