Mikhail Lermontov “Angel” wrote at a very young age, the author was barely 16 years old.
Despite the fact that the poem belongs to the early period of the poet's work, it has lightness, beauty, and strikes the reader with a calm, pacifying atmosphere. Mikhail Yuryevich took the lullaby, which his mother sang in childhood, as a basis. He completely changed the contents of the half-forgotten song, borrowing only the size.
The meaning of the work
The poem "Angel" by M. Yu. Lermontov belongs to the epic romantic works. It consists of four quatrains and talks about the birth of a new life on earth. An angel flies across the sky, singing a beautiful song about paradise, the bliss of sinless spirits. He brings with him the Soul to reunite it with the body the moment the child is born. To the pure soul of a baby, an angel promises an eternal paradise subject to a righteous life and sincere faith in God.
Unfortunately, a person from childhood has to deal with sadness, resentment, pain, humiliation. Earthly life is far from the bliss of Heaven, but still in the depths of the soul a beautiful song of an angel sounds, which does not allow you to give up, lose faith in your strength. Analysis of Lermontov’s poem “Angel” allows you to see the melody of the work. By its tenderness, it truly resembles a song. The author managed to achieve a peaceful atmosphere with the help of whistling and hissing sounds prevailing in the verse. They create the effect of soaring angel above the ground and are a great background.
Anthem to the Divine World
The poet does not speak directly about the events, the reader only in general terms guesses what Lermontov wanted to say. An “angel” is a hymn to the kingdom of heaven, into which only the righteous with a pure soul can enter. The poet emphasizes: people were not pleased with earthly songs, they seemed boring to him. On earth, the Soul languishes in anticipation of a return to Paradise. Mikhail Yurievich managed to achieve light and soft contrast by comparing earthly and heavenly life.
The poem traces a clear line between parallel worlds, it is visible only at the time of the birth and death of a person. If you look at the work from a philosophical point of view, it becomes clear how idealistic Lermontov was in his youth. An angel in his understanding is God's messenger who gives hope to a person for a better future, convinces to lead a righteous life. The poet claims that man comes to earth only in order to suffer, to atone for sins with his pain, to cleanse his own soul with tears.
Mikhail Yuryevich is confident that in his body shell on earth man is temporarily, there is nothing bad or terrible in death, because the Soul does not die, but lives forever. Lermontov “Angel” composed to compare the Divine and mortal existence. Not for nothing that the poem begins with the word "heaven", but ends with "earth." The poet compares the lullaby to babies with a kind of ritual that resembles the process of perfecting the soul. Lermontov emphasizes that even the most beautiful, tender lullaby cannot compare with the song of an angel. This is just her mean copy, reminiscent of the existence of Paradise.