Reflecting on the role played by the writer in society, in 1852 Nikolai Nekrasov created his brilliant poem “Blessed is the Unkind Poet”, devoting it to the anniversary of the death of Gogol, whose name is not specifically mentioned in this work, since he was then out of favor. Nekrasov, however, was convinced that Russia had once again lost another great Russian class whose contribution to the literature had yet to be evaluated by his descendants.
N. A. Nekrasov "Blessed is the non-malignant poet." Analysis
The author very clearly observes that a poet is not a profession or even a vocation. If this true poetic gift from God is given to man, he will not withhold it in any way and will no longer be able to remain silent. But the real poets can be only those few who did not work for praise and glory. For others, who worked exclusively for the sake of profit, their contemporaries erected monuments during their lifetime and, curiously, supported them in every possible way, since they did not annoy or talk about pressing problems. Such poets bathed in the rays of their own glory, and they were even, to some extent, allowed to control the crowd, forcing them to think and worry about what would be ordered from above.
Truly blessed is the non-malignant poet. The analysis of the poem concludes that with the death of one of such frivolous poets, all of his creations will very soon be forgotten by contemporaries and will not be remembered by descendants due to emptiness and uninterest, since they will not feel any reflection and struggle for those very human values and priorities, which is based on the life of society.
The Accusers of the Crowd
But the type of poets, who is not so complaisant and strong in spirit, never stops talking and, therefore, becomes very inconvenient for the powerful of this world. They, as the conscience of the people, will always notice the existing injustice, deceit and hypocrisy, all kinds of social atrocities, and they will directly speak about pressing problems, and will criticize in a harsh and accusatory form.
That is exactly what Nekrasov literally cries out in his work “Blessed is the Unkind Poet”.
True poets will not please anyone, and it will be impossible to hide from their sarcasm. Those who see their reflection in these works will condemn and scold them. It is such a reaction that will indicate that the author was able to touch the human soul for the sick and reveal the true causes of the disease. And the manifestation of such negative emotions, living and real, will be better than flattering praises sung by poets of the first type.
Ungrateful poetic truth
Typically, the works of rebel poets are full of sarcasm, by the way, like the poem "Blessed is the Unkind Poet." They tear off, though bitter, but the truth, turning their attention to all human vices of society. However, people, instead of working on themselves, analyzing themselves, and doing further self-improvement, become embittered. For them, bullying and hatred of the author become almost the meaning of their whole life. Indeed, in their opinion, the author crosses all sorts of permissible boundaries, violating their peace.
The poem "Blessed is the non-malignant poet." Nekrasov
The poet Nekrasov writes that the fate of the non-evil poet is easy, everyone recognizes and accepts him, but the question arises: "Is he satisfied with his fate, is he pleased with the human praise that he deserved only for his humility and helpfulness?" But then it is added that after death his labors will disappear with him, and a change will come for him, which will begin to create new dust in exactly the same way.
An in-depth analysis of the work “Blessed is the non-malignant poet” leads to the fact that, unlike the first type, the second type of poets fights for their truth all their lives, which will be full of tragedies, they will not be recognized, deported, and they will hate fiercely, but despite this reaction, they will not be silent. And they will do everything in their power for society to improve, and the whole human world will be filled with harmony, justice and good.
Death as a reward
After their departure from life for this bold truth, they will always be remembered, and with each decade and century their glory will only increase and shine even brighter in the literary horizon.
On the basis of the immortal work of such unrecognized geniuses who, not sparing themselves, through their poetry made the world cleaner, and a new talented generation will grow.
Very beautiful and accurate words about such poets ends his poem "Blessed is the unkind poet" Nekrasov. They talk about how as soon as the rebel poet dies, society immediately begins to understand how much this person has done and how he loved, hating.