Today we will bring to your attention a brief summary. The Death of Ermak is a work whose essence will be set forth in this material. The work is largely due to the author’s own life.
Ryleyev "Death of Yermak" - summary
The Duma describes how a pensive Yermak sits on the banks of the Irtysh. As if anticipating his own quick death, he is in thought about life, as well as friends and how they are doing the right thing. Many Cossacks were desperate criminals who went to the king to serve. Ermak does not condemn them, rather admires courage and courage. He believes that they washed away the crimes with blood and now they don’t spare their lives for the tsar and Russia. Kuchum is opposed to the brave Ermak - the head of the enemy camp - a vile and treacherous person.
Death
With a description of how the hero left this world, we continue our story (short summary). "The death of Yermak" tells how a warrior rushed into the river, dressed as a gift from the king. He is drowning. According to Ryleyev, it was the equipment that became the main cause of his death. The river swallowed the warrior almost immediately. The hero died, faithfully serving the autocracy. Ryleyev ends the work with a description of thunders and raging winds.
Analysis
A summary has been described above. “The Death of Ermak” is a work that refers to a peculiar cycle of philosophical and patriotic poems of the author. For Ryleyev, personal freedom is incredibly important. To serve the tsar and Russia are not equivalent concepts for him. He admires the heroism of Ermak, as well as his service, aimed at the good of Russia. However, Ryleyev negatively refers to the fact that the hero received an expensive present from the king, which became the reason for his death. So we examined the reasons for writing made, as well as its summary. “Death of Yermak” - a thought created in 1822. It is partially laid on music, and embodied in the form of a song.