Sergei Yesenin is one of the most famous and beloved poets of the early XX century, who devoted a huge number of his lyric works to Russia, its people, nature and life. He had a chance to visit different countries of the world, where everything was much better arranged, but he always missed his untouched homeland and would certainly come back. For him, Russia was always the personification of the vast expanses of fields and forests, dusty bumpy roads and peasant villages with squat huts.
"Goy, Russia, my dear." Analysis of Yesenin's poem
It is impossible to consider the poet Yesenin an idealist, he saw that there were many shortcomings in his country, but nevertheless forgave her for her imperfection, tyranny and shortsightedness of the landlords, the constant drunkenness of the people and the absolute faith in a just and good king, elevated to absolute. He described this love in his famous work “Goy you, Russia, my dear”, analyzing which, we can confidently say that he unshakably loved his homeland as it was. Having the opportunity to live abroad, he chose to return to die only in Russia.
In 1914, the poet already lived in Moscow, and by that time he was quite famous. It was at this time that the beautiful lines of the poem "Goy you, Russia, my dear" were born in his head. Analyzing Yesenin's life, it might seem that big cities cast a terrible longing on him in the past when he was a simple Ryazan boy from ordinary peasants, free and unusually happy.
Holy temple
In his dreams and thoughts, he always wandered through the endless green meadows, breathing fresh air with full pleasure. His whole homeland was associated with a large, bright and clean temple, which can heal the soul of a troubled wanderer and return him to true spiritual values. Yesenin identified himself with the “visiting pilgrim”, who returned to his land to bow deeply to her and, having performed such a simple rite traditional for a Russian person, again went to foreign lands.
He sees pre-revolutionary Russia as a single temple, this is emphasized by the words "huts - in the garb of the image." And then the poet can not help but pass by her poverty and primitive way of life: "Poplars wail loudly at low outskirts."
Radunitsa
In sincere love for his native land, Yesenin is always and everywhere recognized. "Goy, Russia, my dear" - this is how he addresses her in his poem, for him she is like a close person. This work was included in Yesenin's first collection of poems, which was called "Radunitsa". In this poem there is one characteristic feature of Yesenin's early poetry - sometimes not quite intelligible words for the urban reader, such as “Korogod”, a lot of religious symbolism, for example, “holy army”, “paradise”, “meek Savior”, “in the garments of the image”. The reader immediately plunges into the atmosphere of kindness, bright joy and purity that visits a person after a festive service. The poet enhances the artistic perception of images with the sound of words, creating the illusion of a bell ringing.
Homeland Delight
The work “Goy you, Russia, my dear” is analyzed very easily, the poet very sensitively and beautifully pours out his whole soul in him, and this is due to his enormous poetic talent. Yesenin is a subtle nature, he creates a delightful state of mind and notes that he would never exchange the aroma of honey and apples, which is always accompanied by the summer Savior, and a cheerful girl’s laugh, compared to the ringing of earrings.
The poet, feeling and understanding that serious social problems had ripened in his modern society , he envied the peasants, who, as it seemed to him, lead a more correct and reasonable life than even his own. And all this because they know how to enjoy even the smallest and, most importantly, honor the traditions of their ancestors. Their wealth is fertile land, green forests and meadows, blue rivers and lakes that delight the poet with their pristine beauty. Yesenin's poems have always been filled with this enthusiasm.
Paradise
It was such folk peasant lyrics that included the work "Goy you, Russia, my dear." The analysis of the poem reveals all the thoughts of the poet, who sincerely believes that if there is paradise in the world, then he is certainly located in the Russian rural outback, which civilization has not yet reached, and therefore she managed to maintain her pristine purity and attractiveness. These reflections confirm his words “do not have paradise, give my homeland”, with which he ends his poem, summing up a certain result.
Now it has probably already become clear what Sergei Yesenin wanted to say in his poem "Goy you, Russia, my dear." Analysis once again tells us that he is very happy to feel part of his homeland and his people. And this awareness is more important for him than all the treasures and riches of the world, because they will never replace his love for his native land, which he absorbed with mother's milk and which guarded him all his life.