A. S. Pushkin, âTo Chaadaevâ is the topic of today's article. The poem was written in 1818. The person to whom the message was addressed was one of the poet's closest friends. Pushkin met P. Ya. Chaadaev during his stay in Tsarskoye Selo. In St. Petersburg, their friendship did not stop. In 1821, Chaadaev became a member of the "Union of Welfare" (the secret society of the Decembrists).
But soon he nevertheless abandoned the freedom-loving ideals of his young years. The main thing that Pushkin wanted to express in the poem âTo Chaadaevâ was that the theme that runs through it with a red thread is the struggle against autocracy, liberty, and freedom. The message turned out to be passionate, enthusiastic, temperamental in matters of politics, inspired and even pathos. It is immediately clear that it refers to the early period of the poet. However, along with elements characteristic of
Pushkinâs lyceum lyrics, serious sprouts of future mature works appear here. In general, several motives can be traced in the work at once. Later, they will be repeated more than once in other variations in the work of the poet.
Alexander Pushkin, âTo Chaadaev â: the motive of fame
In all the lyrics, and, perhaps, in all the poetry of the author, he is the most stable. It is estimated that in Pushkinâs work the noun âgloryâ occurs about 500 times in different meanings. Of course, the matter is not in the amount of its use, but nonetheless. All his life, up to the writing of the Monument, Pushkin reflected on what glory is: widespread fame, the result of generally accepted opinion, or simply secular rumors and rumors.
A. S. Pushkin, âTo Chaadaevâ: the motive of false hopes
The lyrical hero of the message is deceived in his best dreams and expectations, but he does not indulge in despair. After all, such an âelevating deceptionâ, such a noble fallacy is inevitable in youth, is connected with its unbridled impulses. Under the burden of years, of course, they disperse, but they leave their mark in every soul, and they are certainly better than dark and low truths. Pushkinâs motive of deception and false, unfulfilled hopes is often compared to a dream, which suggests the idea of ââG.R.Derzhavin's first philosophical poems. Apparently, singing life in faded colors at the age of 17 is characteristic of all young poets.
A. S. Pushkin, âTowards Chaadaevâ : a motive for political freedom
Further, from a pessimistic note, the message passes into a different tonality, more major, vigorous. Here the author in a political context uses the images of fire and burning, characteristic of love lyrics . In the message they convey the intensity of feelings. With each line, the political context of the work becomes more and more clear. Under the yoke of power, even more hope and hope rests on the fact that freedom will triumph and justice will triumph. In political slavery, the expectation of liberty becomes even more impatient, the voice of the Fatherland is even more audible. In the poetâs mind, service to the Motherland is inextricably merged with the struggle against power - an unjust, oppressing people. The civic pathos of the message is increasingly amplified from one quatrain to another. Political words are increasingly heard. The tone of the entire work determines the motive of liberty. The words âFatherlandâ, âhonorâ, âââfreedomâ A. S. Pushkin makes the poem extremely capacious. âTo Chaadaevâ is a call to a comrade to devote his whole life to such a holy cause as the liberation of the Motherland from autocracy. And for this, the memory of posterity will be more grateful to him than for singing in verse the amusements of youth and the quiet joys of life. The final lines of the message were also filled with high enthusiasm and pathos, pure love for the Motherland and freedom.