One of the most famous works of the great Russian poet Nikolai Nekrasov is the poem “Reflections at the Front Door”, the analysis of which is an important milestone in school education. It was written in 1858. All the poetic texts of the author are permeated with compassion for the fate of the Russian people, but “Reflection ...” especially strengthens this leitmotif.
Practice of reflexion
The process of reflection, reflection, immersion in oneself is an integral element of the great Russian literature. Almost all of the leading poets have always had works called "The Duma." It is also sufficient to recall the “Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow” by Radishchev or “Moscow - Petushki” by Yerofeyev. In absolute accordance with this exclusively Russian literary manner of "deep thinking" wrote his work Nekrasov. “Reflections at the front door” harmoniously fit into this literary and philosophical thought.
History of creation
It is known that the poetic character of the work - the front door itself - existed in reality. It was his Russian poet who watched every day from his window. And quite often he had to witness how every day at this entrance stood a crowd of those who were waiting for mercy to be accepted with their requests and aspirations, including “an old man and a widow.” Seeing the once unfolding picture, he transferred this place to the poem "Meditation at the front door."
However, there was a reason that prompted him to fix the daily observed picture. In general, one of the features of Nekrasov poetry is documentary. He seeks as honestly as possible to capture the event that excited him or the person who surprised him. Here, too, a moment was struck that struck the author, which was imprinted in memory. “Reflections at the front door”, an analysis of its subtle contrast show the entire depth of the author’s experiences.
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One day, Nekrasov saw from the window how, as petitioners, opposite the porch, the true representatives of the Russian nation had gathered - men working on the ground, growing bread, not bending their backs. He touchingly describes these petitioners who pray to the church, "hanging their blond heads to their chests." However, fate and the requests of this main shoulder of Russia do not touch anyone, nobody wants to overshadow their firmament of careless life with such unsightly characters, their appearance and their prayers. The peasant, the flesh of the Russian land, who was extolled by Nekrasov and other remarkable poets and writers, called a faceless doorman with blacks, only by glancing at their leaky clothes.
The thought of a Russian peasant never left Nekrasov and concentrated, among other things, in the poem "Reflections at the Front Door." An analysis of the text shows how depressed the poet was the reluctance and inability of ordinary people to defend themselves. Peasants do not know their rights and are forced to become petitioners. The depth of this subordination acutely felt Nekrasov. “Reflections at the front door” prove this with every word.
The main character is the people
The doorman, trained for many years of work in his prestigious position, is trained to instantly understand who is standing in front of him and which should be given to whom. He immediately discerned that the petitioners were “ugly at sight”, that “the Armenian girl was thin on her shoulders”. So in detail, with great compassion, it is safe to say, lovingly, Nekrasov describes the appearance of men who are tired of hard work and a long way.
But the created idyllic image immediately breaks off with a gross “drive”, and immediately there follows the thorough argument “ours does not like ragged mob”. Like a whip who hit, "the door slammed." The most piercing, reflecting almost the entire history of the life of the Russian people, their aspirations and deceived hopes, Nekrasov expressed in one sentence, telling readers that the petitioners had "unleashed the caches." However, the “meager mite” that the men might have accumulated for a considerable amount of time was not even worthy of the doorman's light gaze. Obviously, for him it is a miserable penny, and for a man - his sweat and blood. This is permeated with “Reflections at the front door”, the theme of the poem is precisely this suffering of the people.
Luxury Chambers Owner
An important technique of the poem “Meditation ...” is a striking contrast between those who ask and those who are asked. Nekrasov’s appeal to someone who “doesn’t like tattered mob” occupies almost a third of the entire work. He calls him "the owner of luxurious chambers", the poet characterizes his life by listing idle, meaningless occupations, such as "red tape, gluttony, play." And such a life, the author resents, he considers “enviable”, he is “happy”, and therefore “deaf to good”. The nobleman entered the poem “Meditation at the front door” not by chance, and his fate will be joyless.
The poet appeals to him, to his conscience, talking about those whose "salvation" he can become. But then the author seemed to come to his senses, asking himself to a greater extent: “What do you need this poor people?” With his grief over the fate of the people, to which Nekrasov devoted all his work, he pervades literally every stanza following the description of a brilliant life owner of the chambers. He says that there is no such corner on the Russian land, wherever the moan of a peasant is heard. The whole severity of his life Nekrasov reinforces by repeated repetition of the word "groans." It is in this verb, as well as in related words, that the author concentrates his main idea about the people. The sorrow contained in the poem "Reflections at the front door", an analysis of the feelings of ordinary men urge readers to pay attention to this.
Hope of eternal sorrow
The finale of the poem is riddled with a call and at the same time a question for those to whom the author has dedicated his work. The motive of sleep sounds in this question-appeal, as stable as the motive of moaning, which in Nekrasov poetry sounds relentlessly and constantly. The motive of sleep in relation to a man means a call to wake up. As regards the nobleman, he predicts its end. Such a contrasting use of one motive enhances the contrast between the main themes of the work. The main idea of ​​“Reflections at the front door” is to demonstrate the contrast of not only the characters, but also the realities of their lives.
A sense of compassion
Such joy for his people, to which Nekrasov devoted almost all of his works, was associated with a deeply personal experience. The cruelty of his father, the deprivation of inheritance, introduced Nekrasov very early with the unsightly truth of life. From the age of 16 he was forced to earn money himself and early understood how the world worked. The most difficult thing he perceived was the fact that the peasants, whose life was oppressed by eternal fear and the struggle for survival, did not even try to assert their rights, becoming petitioners and depending on the moods of not even large ranks, but their servants. All this was included, to one degree or another, in “Reflections at the front door”, the plan of which probably originated much later.