The beginning of the 19th century brought Russia a large number of wonderful poets, of which we mainly remember only Lermontov and Pushkin. Nevertheless, one of the prominent representatives of the poetic circle of the 19th century was Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky.
Brief biography of Baratynsky
Baratynsky grew up in the family of a retired lieutenant general and maid of honor Empress Maria Fedorovna. In childhood I wanted to devote myself to the naval service, I entered the most prestigious educational institution of the empire - the Page Corps. Four years later, Baratynsky was expelled with a ban on entering the civil service, which left a significant mark in his biography.
For several years, Baratynsky leaves for the village in the Smolensk province, where he begins to write poetry.
In 1819 he entered the Jaeger Regiment in St. Petersburg. Acquainted with Delvig, Pushkin, Vyazemsky, Kyukhelbeker. Printing begins its first poems. Becomes a regular guest of friendly poetry evenings.
After promotion, he lives in Finland for some time. For a long time he led a quiet, calm, secluded life. After permission to be at the headquarters of the general begins to rotate in secular circles. Eugene is fond of the general’s wife - the image of Zakrevskaya is then repeatedly traced in his work.
In connection with the illness of the mother, she resigns and leaves for Moscow, where she marries. After the publication of the poems “Eda” and “Pirs”, he becomes a well-known and coveted author in many magazines and almanacs, in particular in Delvig’s journal “Northern Flowers” and “Moscow Telegraph” by Polevoy.
After the uprising, the Decembrists went into private life, considering it impossible to have a close relationship between the poet and the authorities. He continues to write for literary magazines, manage his estate, attend literary meetings.
In 1843 he goes on a trip to Europe, where in 1844 he suddenly dies.
Characteristic features of creativity
Baratynsky was characterized by a long work on his works. Thanks to this, he became one of the prominent romantic poets of his time. His work is characterized by:
- concentrated-elegiac mood;
- lack of social topics;
- dialecticism (analysis of mental experiences of a person);
- expressiveness and ease of the syllable;
- solemnly mournful moods.
Critics considered Baratynsky primarily a poet of the Pushkin school, so they did not accept his late work.
Analysis of Baratynsky’s poem “Confession”
In 1824, Baratynsky was carried away by the wife of General Agrafena Zakrevskaya. Baratynsky’s poem “Confession” was written this year. Probably the poem is dedicated to her. The analysis of Baratynsky’s “Confession” is interesting in that the poem was highly appreciated by Pushkin.
In the poem, Baratynsky presents us with the thoughts of a young man, at first glance - in the form of a monologue. Having lost his former feeling of love, the young man as if tells his former lover why this happened, answering her questions, warning her objections. Thus, two lyrical heroes appear immediately in the poem - a talking young man and a silent heroine, between whom a conversation begins.
The hero of Baratynsky, in his confession, tells his beloved that his feelings irrevocably faded, that they are timeless. He asks not to be jealous of the other - there is no other. Thus, in the poem "Confession" Baratynsky draws two lines: the struggle of love and time and the struggle of love and society. The feeling faded over time, but the hero is glad that it was real. He talks about the future love of convenience, because it is so demanded from him by social attitudes, and regrets that, in his life, there may not be any real feelings.
The hero reconciled with this situation and asks to reconcile with him and his former lover.
Analysis of the expressive means of the poem of Baratynsky
For a more complete disclosure of the idea of the poem "Recognition" Baratynsky uses a rich arsenal of fine-expressive means.
This is a violation of the word order (“I will not hide my sad sadness”), and personifications (“my memories are lifeless”), comparisons (“I lived in the wrong shadow”), rhetorical questions (“who knows?”), Antitheses (“we not hearts under the wedding crowns, we will join our lots ”), anaphora (“ I have chosen the new path, choose the new path ”).
It is worth noting a large number of epithets - "sad cold", "storm of life", "sorrow barren."
Frequent appeals to the heroine without the appeals themselves are interesting - in the form of imperative mood verbs - “believe”, “take”, “choose”.