The article presents a brief analysis of "I Enter the Dark Temples." Blok wrote this poem in the heyday of symbolism, being in love and passionate about the philosophy of V. Solovyov. Thanks to such a combination of the poet’s thoughts and feelings, it is filled with bright and mysterious symbols, an atmosphere of love and expectation.
Briefly about the poet
Alexander Blok was one of the brightest representatives of the Silver Age. From many currents, he chose symbolism and followed its foundations throughout his entire creative period. The poet is known in many countries thanks to the poem "The Stranger", which is translated into many languages, as well as the poem, which we will study in the article and do its analysis, - "I enter the dark temples."
Blok was born in a noble family, his mother and father were educated, talented people. He inherited from his parents a love of literature and art. True, everything has two sides. The dark side of the medal of the Blok clan was a hereditary mental illness that was transmitted through generations.
The first publication of the poet's poems was in 1903 in the Moscow magazine Merezhkovsky, and from that moment he won the hearts of readers with his easy syllable, hiding not always accessible characters and images.
Analysis: “I Enter Dark Temples” (Block)
The poem was created in 1902. According to literary scholars, this time was a period of the poet’s sublime love for his future wife - Lyubov Mendeleev (the daughter of the same Mendeleev, who opened the table of chemical elements), and enthusiasm for the philosopher Solovyov’s concept of the higher femininity and divine essence of love for a woman. These two motifs intertwined into one and created the poem "I Enter the Dark Temples." The divine principle of love and the divine feminine create an invisible image of the poet’s “Eternal wife”. His feelings are bright, spiritual. His love also bears a platonic, intangible form. The beloved is compared with the deity, she is invisible and inaccessible to her eyes, but the author, calling her “Darling - you!”, Says that she has been familiar with her for a long time, her image is familiar and close to him, and such a mystical meeting fascinates, surprises, attracts attention and does not leave the reader indifferent.
The poem describes a wonderful expectation, a premonition of an imminent meeting with the "Beautiful Lady". The author's love inspires him, the dark cold walls of the temple are filled with joy of expectation.
What is this temple? Recall that the author belonged to the Symbolists, which means that the concept here is not actual, but symbolic. Perhaps the dark temple symbolizes the soul of the poet. Darkness is not darkness, but twilight of expectation. The red lamp symbolizes love, the fire of which has just lit up, but is already languishing with its expectation.
And the one he is waiting for? Who is she, the Great Eternal Wife? Most likely, here, as in The Stranger, we are talking about the image of the beloved poet. He still does not see her, but already feels and waits. The word "used" says that this expectation is not new to him, he is used to waiting for it, the image in the heart shines like a lamp in the temple. "The poet does not hear any sighs or speech," but he knows that his beloved is near, and soon she will be with him.
"I enter the dark temples." The emotional atmosphere of the poem
The atmosphere of poetry hits the reader from the first lines. These are mysterious "dark temples", severity, asceticism with an admixture of expectation, foreboding. “Shivering from the creaking of doors” gives out tension, high notes of expectation contrast with darkness and shadows. Red lamps add a poignancy, it seems as if we are with the author and, just like him, we are waiting for his wondrous Lady.
Quite difficult and ambiguous may be the analysis of "I am entering dark temples." The symbolist bloc never reveals to us what kind of churches in question, but his task is not to tell, but to let us feel his poetry. In this poem, his plan was a success. The sense of expectation merges with the mystical feeling of the presence of the image of the beloved author nearby. She is invisible, not audible, but the poet knows that she will come to this dark temple, filled with shadows of doubt, and will easily dispel them.
Finally
Poets of the Silver Age created real diamonds of poetry. Decades pass, and their poems are still relevant and vibrant. These poets include Alexander Blok. “I enter dark temples” with its marvelous atmosphere of expectation, languor and joy from the awareness of the meeting, which, perhaps, will only be in a dream, is an amazing poem about love and expectation, about the spiritual beginning of feelings and about a bright dream of a beloved.