One of the most mentioned topics in the works of Russian poets is the theme of nature. It is she who is very closely connected with boundless love for the motherland and beloved Russian open spaces. The heart of each creator is simply overflowing with tender feelings and reverent awe of the beauties of the Russian land. And the books of Russian poets about autumn are always full of delightful colors and emotional experiences. There is no person living in Russia who could not be imbued with its amazing landscapes. And those who once became her guest will never be able to forget the boundless expanses, greenery of forests and the mirror surface of numerous rivers and lakes.
Unforgettable beauty of Russian nature, or Autumn in the work of Russian poets
Of course, it is impossible to be faithful to one’s Motherland unless one loves its nature, is indifferent, and does not live in harmony with it. Each creator has a time of year to which he prefers. But it is autumn that inspires them to create great and immortal masterpieces. In the poetry of Russian poets, it is an inexhaustible source for impressions and deep feelings.
Different poets of all ages felt and described this time in their own way. To some of them, it sometimes seems to wither, but someone, on the contrary, cannot stop looking at the last maple leaf circling in the heavenly blue or slightly covered with hoarfrost, fading flowers and grass, taken by the first frost. Even the clouds hanging over the withering expanses admire, and the usual rain seems like farewell tears of autumn on the passing warm summer days.
And, perhaps, there is no Russian writer who would not mention this amazing time in his great creations. Any books of Russian poets about autumn contain a lot of wonderful epithets and catchy phrases that are often used in quotes or aphorisms.
The Great Pushkin and his favorite season
For example, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin in his work described all the seasons, but in many of his lines you can understand that he most of all preferred autumn after all: "Now is my time: I do not like spring ...".
Pushkin never chose any special topics for writing his unforgettable works. The source of his inspiration was life itself with all its manifestations. Alexander Sergeyevich was worried about absolutely everything that was connected with his beloved Motherland. He adored infinitely and understood nature. Her sounds, an abundance of colors, wonderful aromas. And absolutely in every season, the great Russian poet finds a special charm.
But he gave great preference to autumn and devoted a large number of his inimitable lines to this wonderful time. It is to her that we owe the numerous works of Alexander Sergeyevich, which replenished our treasury of literature.
Feelings and emotions diligently conveyed by the greatest creator
Pushkin's poems about autumn reflect her rather contradictory qualities. This is clearly seen in the lines: "Dull time! Eyes charm!". These poetic lines are so familiar to us and seem understandable that we don’t even think about how incompatible the words used in poetry are.
"Sad time" and "eyes charm." After all, dull means boring with monotonous rains and a low gray sky, unsightly and dreary with piercing dampness and a cold wind. And charm is a beauty alluring and bewitching. Of course, this combination cannot but surprise. But it was precisely it that became the leitmotif of the Russian lyrics of poets who devoted themselves to the image of autumn.
No other season can compare with the rich solemn radiance of a charming golden pore: "I love the magnificent nature of wilting ...".
A special period in creativity
In the next creation, called "Autumn", created in Boldino in 1880, during the same period in the work of the poet, which scientists will later call Boldino in the fall, Alexander Sergeyevich explains why he loves this particular time of the year and experiences these days the longest minutes of inspiration: "... And with every fall I will blossom again ...".
Pushkin was creatively happy in the fall. But few, seeing gray landscapes, bare bushes, the sky in heavy leaden clouds, feeling the cold breath of this period and the increasingly frequent wind gusts that are about to bring the first snow, can see special beauty in this season. And especially to accept with reverence and gratitude that which is given to us by nature. And all of Pushkin’s poems about autumn are always filled with special love and reverent tenderness for her gifts.
Twentieth century poet Ivan Alekseevich
About autumn poetry was written by another remarkable and no less famous writer and poet of the twentieth century, Ivan Alekseevich Bunin. In the poem "Evening" he shares his talent, even in small and gray, to find something especially kind and bright: "We always remember about happiness. And happiness is everywhere. Maybe it is this autumn garden ...".
And, for example, the fall foliage in the forest and the mixed feeling of joy and delight from indescribable beauty, he perfectly described in the poem “The leaves rustled, flying around ...” and the equally beautiful and exciting work “Fall foliage”: “Forest, just like a painted tower ...”. Reading these lines, it is as if you are transported into this delightful fairy tale of the autumn forest, filled with a special atmosphere of magic and tenderness.
A special combination of the author’s feelings
And such a combination as sadness and joy, the beauty and modesty of the landscape is easily explainable, because in general the concept of “Russian landscape” implies a national landscape, which means reflecting the emotional state of a Russian person. His spiritual worldview, that is, the Orthodox worldview of nature.
These feelings are filled not only with all the books of Russian poets about autumn, but also with many canvases of famous Russian artists. All of them in the same way tried to convey her special charm. And therefore, in order to get the most complete picture of the colors of this time of the year, you can, reading the lines of poets, look at the great masterpieces of Russian landscape painters.
Short autumn poems for little ones
Poems about autumn are short but unusually imaginative by Nikolai Alekseevich Zabolotsky. One of them is called "In the rain": "My umbrella is tearing like a bird ...". And another poem by the same author is called "Autumn Maple", where autumn itself is a wonderful world with all its inhabitants.
The nature of the native country is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Each poet who wrote about her felt like a piece of her. It was the works of Russian art that were able to penetrate the soul of nature, to hear and understand its language. And it is very important already in childhood to begin to lay a sense of harmony with our environment. With every birch, blade of grass and even an ordinary drop of rain.
Of course, any large work for children's perception will be quite difficult, and poems about autumn are short, but filled with no less delicious lines, will be most convenient for memorization and further discussion.
It's time for Sergey Yesenin to take stock
Autumn is not only the time of year, it is also the time of human life, a moment of peace and quiet, reflection and summing up the life lived. It is in this combination that the Russian poet Sergey Yesenin sees himself. He writes: "Oh, the age of autumn! He is dearer to me than youth and summer."
And he, with his characteristic aching sadness and at the same time with some inescapable feeling of love for the Motherland, for his land, for its nature, writes in another poem: "The fields are harvested, groves are bare. There is fog and dampness from the water." The transfer of the mental state of the author of the lyrical hero to inanimate objects is another feature of Yesenin's poetry.
A distinctive feature of the whole galaxy of Russian poets is precisely this correlation and juxtaposition, a parallel between the natural world and the state of the human soul of the lyrical hero.
The nature of autumn in the work of Fet
The works of Athanasius Fet are the most wonderful poems about autumn for children. Despite the fact that they are quite informative and filled with deep meaning, they nevertheless remain very simple and understandable for young children.
Each poet sees himself in his own way in the images of autumn. And, for example, Fet presents her with a time of sadness and longing, which can soon change into a joyful and pleasant time. Suppose, in the poem "Dog Hunt" this is exactly what this time is expressed: "The last sheaf was brought from naked fields ...". It is here that this very consolation is clearly present, for example, in hunting.
Golden season of the most beautiful time of the year
But how good autumn is at its very beginning! Gold, as many call it. Unusual blue of heaven, magnificent magnificent decoration of forests and unusual, only in the autumn, fresh wind. Many books of Russian poets describe precisely this state of falling asleep nature. When she just starts to rest from the summer heat, annoying mosquitoes and so far there is no hint of the presence of winter.
Another author who wrote wonderful poems about autumn for children is Fedor Tyutchev. "There is in the fall of the original ...". How colorful and accurately the author was able to convey the picture of golden autumn. What a huge number of tones he saw in a wilting nature. And even the sadness present in the poem is somehow bright and bright, like this wonderful time itself.
Creations of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich
It is difficult to distinguish among such lyrics the name of at least one author or one work. Poems about the fall of Russian poets are real masterpieces, pearls of our poetry. But a special place in landscape lyrics is occupied by the work of Grand Prince Konstantin Romanov, who has a whole cycle of poems called "The Seasons".
In this collection, everything is quite clear and simple. Spring is a time of youth and love, the beauty of a renewed nature, summer is a celebration of flowers, but autumn is characterized by special smells and sounds, captivating silence. And for this author, a withering time is full of charm. How many delights he sees in sad lifeless days: "How captivatingly quiet in the faded fields! Our autumn is full of charm ...".
The prince’s works are filled not only with poetry, but also with the Christian worldview. Humility, patience, obedience are directly felt when you immerse yourself in his poems.
Contemporary art
Times change, but the Russian poet’s view of nature and the world around him does not change. The modern, now deceased, poet Rubtsov very precisely mentioned this in his work: "I will not rewrite it ...".
And I must say that the poetry of Nikolai Mikhailovich, of course, is a continuation of our Russian lyrics. All the works of this poet, especially verses about autumn, are distinguished by extraordinary imagery, as well as simplicity and sincerity that warm the soul. His works immediately feel our modern time. But in them there is inherently a certain note of the works of Tyutchev and Fet, which is quite clearly expressed in the poem "At the Rotten Forest Hut."
The lyrics of Nikolai Rubtsov, if we take verses about autumn, are even similar in some respects to Yesenin’s masterpieces, she is also piercing, bright, and she especially admires a special admiration, reverence and love for her Russian landscape.
Features of autumn lyrics, or Quotes about the autumn of Russian poets
It is in the autumn lyrics that it is very interesting to observe how the poet creates the image. After all, he will never say directly that it is raining on the street, and the leaves are falling from the trees. All the poems about the fall of Russian poets are filled with figurative paintings, various personification techniques, that is, when an artist ascribes to an inanimate object the properties of a living being.
But it is no less interesting to turn to other poetic means that create the unique imagery of the poem. For example, by comparison or metaphor. And in the work of every poet you can find many such poems.
Many of the works of Russian poets about autumn formed the basis of popular songs, others often quote characters from any movies, something is forever stored in the memory of a person from school. And some especially exciting lines turn into quotes and are used in everyday life, sometimes even without mentioning the author of the creation.
And if on an autumn day the soul becomes especially dreary, one must certainly go to the forest to listen to the birds singing, watch the squirrel jump, watch the falling leaves and remember the books of Russian poets about autumn. And then the heart will immediately be cleansed of longing, and the most wonderful feelings that this golden time can awaken in the soul will wake up.