The early and late poetry of A. S. Pushkin is filled with philosophical reflections. At 24, the poet pondered the vicissitudes of fate. He looked at the world with young optimism and wrote in an album to a young 15-year-old girl with a quiet-temper “If life will deceive you ...” (Pushkin). We will do an analysis of a short work. The poet still believed that all sorrows were transient.
History of creation
In 1824, the police, looking at the mail of A. Pushkin, found out that the poet was passionate about atheism. This was the reason for his resignation from service and a two-year exile in Mikhailovsky. In the neighborhood was the Trigorskoye estate, which the poet often visited. He made friends with neighbors, in particular, with the mistress of the estate Praskovya Osipovna and with all members of her considerable family.
For the charming, naive teenage girl Zizi (Eupraxia Nikolaevna Vrevskaya), who saw everything in only two colors - black or white, the poet wrote in 1825 a miniature filled with deep meaning. It begins with the words: " If life deceives you ...".
An analysis of Pushkin’s poem will be given below, but in the middle of it the poet assures the overwhelmed girl that the day of fun will certainly come. By the way, the poet will keep friendship with Eupraxia Nikolaevna until the end of her days.
Theme of the poem
We begin the analysis of Pushkin’s poem “If life deceives you ...”. The first line of the quatrain is followed by encouraging words, suggesting not to be sad or angry, because in the heart and soul of any person there is immense power. She will help get what you want. You just have to wait a bit.
If despondency has come, then you should humble yourself and wait for it. There are many bad moments in life: disappointment in friendship, pain and tears. But you should stumble to get up and move on. Life is like a coin, with two sides.
On one side is confusion and anxiety. On the other - happiness, sometimes fleeting. Without knowing the pain and despair, we will not be able to know the joys. You should not expect unexpected gifts from life, you must learn to make them to others and to yourself. Then the day of fun will come. And when you are in a good mood, you can do a lot of good things that will respond in any heart and bring you joy yourself.
Continuing the analysis of Pushkin’s poem “If Life Fools You ...”, the poet’s words should be noted, which say that the heart lives in the future. Let the present be sad and bring neither new vivid impressions, nor the love that every girl dreams of, but still you should not give up. The world is very interesting, if you smile and say “thank you” to someone, you will smile and thank you. It all starts only with you.
Sadness will go instantly, tears will dry, and suddenly everything will begin to take shape in a beautiful mosaic, everything will finally fall into place. And the more difficult it is for you, the more you will appreciate the smallest joy.
The whole world will appear before you in all its diversity. Having found beauty in the little things, you will teach your heart to beat in the rhythm of good and peace. Even past sorrows in memories will appear sweet.
Deeply felt lines teach everyone with patience and humility to accept everything that life gives us. She brings her gifts to everyone according to his merits. It is in our power to make black white or, moreover, magically colorful.
Composition and genre
The thumbnail consists of two quatrains and eight stanzas. An analysis of Pushkin’s poem “If Life Fools You ...” shows that in the first quatrain the author paid more attention to the hope that joy will return, no matter how sad and sad the present. The second part is dedicated to the future: the belief that “everything will pass”, and even sorrows will be sweet to the heart. This approach to life allows us to attribute the work to the philosophical genre.
Rhythm, rhyme, figurative means
The poem is written by a chorea. In the first stanza, the rhyme is circular, in the second - the cross. Pushkin did not use a single epithet, but nine verbs. They do not indicate movement. Each of them unfolds life in the present, only the last two are placed in the future tense. This emphasizes that the cycles of life are invariably repeated, and they should be treated calmly, accepting and experiencing them.
This can be the end of the analysis of the poem "If life deceives you ...". I just want to add that these beautiful lines are put to music by our three composers: A. A. Alyabyev, C. A. Cui and R. M. Glier. Inspired, they created wonderful romances that are performed by chamber singers today.