The love lyrics of M.Yu. Lermontov is a separate moment in the writer's entire work. His pain, joy, laughter and tears.
The theme of love was touched upon by almost all Russian poets. Some of them throughout their lives have sung this multifaceted feeling in their own works. Among these poets is Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov - for him the theme of love relationships was something special.
Lermontov’s love lyrics are, first of all, his poems on the relationship between a man and a woman. His works are almost always accompanied by a refrain: "I love, I love." Of course, the basis of the lyrics Lermontov is his famous elegy “Death”, in which he wrote the well-known lines: “No one could love you like me, so ardently and so sincerely.” The poet does not get tired of repeating about the tenderness and fieryness of his feelings.
A well-known researcher of Lermontov’s work, V. Soloviev, observes the fact that Lermontov’s love lyrics “are not measured by love in the present, while it“ infects the soul ”and fills life.”
Suffering has become a common condition for Lermontov, since he was a sensitive person. Being an idealist, the poet was often disappointed. All this was reflected in his work. Deceived by his hopes, tormented by aspirations, he plunges into the world of poetry, the world of dreams and dreams. Goes to his dreams, not finding his ideals in reality, to other, magical worlds, remaining true to himself, not wanting to exchange himself.
Lermontov’s love lyrics, his poems, are “permeated” with such categories as: “condemnation to eternity” and “sentencing”, which is confirmed by the line: “Your image is always everywhere, I am condemned to carry with me.” And no human turmoil and adversity can "overcome" this wonderful feeling. In the understanding of the poet, love, for everything else, is something paramount and priceless that appears with the advent of man in this world. Lermontov emphasizes in his works that love is not subject to any measurement system.
Lermontov’s love lyrics are a confession, an internal monologue, reflecting his searches and emotional experiences. The poet is oppressed by loneliness. Having gone inside himself, in his inner world, he embodies his thoughts in poetry, in his work, with which a new literary page of Russia opens.
Love for Lermontov is exclusively earthly in nature, despite the abundance and variety of definitions invented by her. At the same time, the earthly poet associates with something huge, and it is in him, according to Lermontov, that to the maximum extent you can develop all the facets of your own “ego”, all the abilities and talents of a person. However, love does not become a kind of "barrier" in the relationship between the world and man, but rather, unites them. According to Lermontov, love "permeates" all spheres of human life, and the "mere mortal" simply can’t hide from it, not leave it.
However, if you familiarize yourself with the love theme in more detail, it is impossible not to note the fact that the poet himself early enough recognized the cruelty of social relations, which often invade a person’s personal life. For this reason, the young and talented poet soon had a conflict with members of the public. Lermontov’s love lyrics subsequently “painted” in shades of heroism and tragedy, it acquired a specific form of perception of the existing socio-political system in the country.