The personality and worldview of Pushkin throughout his life constantly changed. The poet literally absorbed everything that happened in Russia and in Europe. He, like all geniuses, because of his keen and inquiring mind, tried to be modern and was constantly in the know about all the latest developments. To understand his then plans, a little plunge into the history of his life. You can even conduct a brief creative analysis. Pushkin’s Desert Sower, for example, can tell us a lot. This poem was written in 1823. At that time, Pushkin was overwhelmed by disappointment, it was a turning point in his work. However, let's start in order.
Pushkin's life in Petersburg
Before Pushkin writes "The Desert Sower of Liberty," he will ripen for a long time. After studying at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, Pushkin went to serve in St. Petersburg. His life there is carefree and full of hope. By that time, he was literally infected with revolutionary views, faith in a just society and the great future of his country.
The Pleiade of Decembrists will emerge from this Pushkin youth. Many of his friends - former lyceum students - will pay for their ideas with death sentences and exiles to Siberia.
Increased popularity
And while life is raging, the poet wants to be useful to society and his people. In his work, a progressive vein of liberal and patriotic moods is manifested. He writes a lot of freedom-loving works. Among them are such well-known poems as “To Chaadaev”, “The Village” and, of course, the ode to “Liberty”.
Pushkin is becoming very popular in secular circles. His bold political poems are of particular interest to the public. The poet literally begins to pose a threat to the political system, so Tsar Alexander I wants to send him into exile in Siberia, but changes his mind and sends him to the South.
Link to the Caucasus
First, Pushkin lives in the Caucasus, and then goes to the Crimea, Odessa and Chisinau. Over the years, he reflects a lot and works intensively. He creates the works “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai”, “The Brothers-Robbers”, “The Prisoner of the Caucasus”, etc. At the same time, he will also write the poem “Gavriliada”, which will serve as a terrible parody of the plot from the Gospel. In his youth, Pushkin was an atheist and was skeptical of Christian religious values.
In order to make a correct analysis (Pushkin’s “Desert Sower” will be discussed below), it should be noted that after entering the Masonic lodge in Chisinau a certain crisis moment in the poet’s life occurs. The secret order of the Masons beckoned him, but did not give moral satisfaction, since he rejected any religion. And Christianity was especially hated by them; the Freemasons refuted its laws in every possible way. They also conducted secret revolutionary activities, which were aimed at the complete destruction of the foundations of national statehood. A little later, the poet gradually begins to realize that he is not able to change anything. Tsar Alexander I in the same year issues a decree banning Freemasonry in Russia, and Pushkin again sent to exile, only in the family Mikhailovskoe, under the supervision of his father.
Analysis: "Desert Sower of Liberty" by Pushkin
But that will be a year later. Around the same time, Pushkin’s poem “Liberty Sower Desert” was published. It was a reactionary poem. Pushkin again uses the plot from the Gospel, this time - “The Parable of the Sower”. Based on it, our literary analysis will be made.
Pushkin's “Desert Sower Desert” is a work that has a dual character: on the one hand, it was a reaction of the poet caused by the defeat of the Spanish revolution, which was crushed by the French troops, on the other hand, it was his personal feelings connected with Russia. He longs for a liberation revolution, but the people do not heed and deaf to his calls. He thought he was a sower, but his grain scattered across different soils did not germinate. He did not have the strength to decide the fate of millions of people in a vast autocratic country.
And then he broke down, his maximalism dried up, all his dreams crashed overnight. At first, Pushkin's ideas and appeals were interesting, but then they stopped listening to him.
Then - a link to Mikhailovsky. While in this village, he spends a lot of time in the monastery’s library, working on the historical work Boris Godunov. Visiting holy places and close fellowship with monks is bearing fruit. From there he returns to a completely different person who has overestimated life and is already dreaming of a family and his own home, he is no longer interested in revolutions and changes in society.
Despite his once erring thoughts about God, Pushkin will die in a Christian way, suffering from a serious wound. In the morning, an Orthodox priest will come to him, Pushkin will partake of the Holy Mysteries and depart in peace. He will be buried in the territory of the Svyatogorsky monastery in the Pskov region.