A comparative analysis of the poems of Pushkin and Lermontov, Tyutchev and Fet

The poetry of the classics of Russian literature is the key to understanding yourself, to finding the right answers to the questions posed. Among the poets, one can distinguish those who in their own work were similar to each other and those that were real antipodes. The former help to better understand and disclose certain topics for themselves. The latter, thanks to the game, built on contrasts, due to the dissimilarity of the characters, views, moods, are forced to ask more and more new questions. Today in this article we will offer a comparative analysis of the poems of the authors who are different from each other: A.S. Pushkin and M.Yu. Lermontov, and also F.I. Tyutchev and AA Feta.

"Prophet" A.S. Pushkin

In order to reflect the objectively existing differences in the work of Pushkin and Lermontov, it is necessary to consider the direction of their poetic activity separately from each other. This can help the most famous poems of both poets, dedicated to the same topic, where the difference comes out most clearly.

Thus, the famous "Prophet" Alexander Sergeevich, beginning with the words "I drag a spiritual thirst in a desolate wilderness ..." touches, like Lermontov's poem of the same name, the theme of poetry and poet's place in the world of people. However, Pushkin's work was written earlier - in 1826 during the exile to Mikhailovskoye, while Mikhail Yuryevich created his own "Prophet" only in 1841.

The poem of Alexander Sergeevich is imbued with the idea of the degeneration of an ordinary man into a poet - a kind of shout of God's voice and his will on earth, sacrificing himself for the sake of tireless enlightenment and inspiration of mankind for good, right deeds. Metamorphoses of rebirth are painful and unpleasant, but to endure them is the sacred duty of the "prophet." The lord points out to the protagonist: "Burn the hearts of people with a verb!". Here it is, the main purpose of the poet in the thought of Pushkin.

The poem is written in the genre of ode, sublime and solemn syllable, in order to exalt the importance of an important mission entrusted to the poet from above. The poetics of the work is characterized by numerous epithets ("spiritual", "festive", "prophetic", "trembling"), metaphors ("verb burn", "sky shudder"), comparisons ("like a corpse in the desert I lay", "like In a frightened eagle "). In general, the poem has a certain aura of divinity, an atmosphere of biblical truth, which is also emphasized by the numerous old Slavs.

The "Prophet" M.Yu. Lermontov

Unlike the poem by A.S. Pushkin, a work by Mikhail Yuriev, a comparative analysis with which will be carried out later, has a completely different direction. Here the poet is not a prophet, but an outcast despised by society. He, as well as in the "Prophet" of 1826, was born to help people, but is no longer needed by them. The old men refer to him as a self-satisfied "fool," who supposedly naively decided that it was the Lord who spoke his lips, the children avoided. The young, suffering soul of the poet is lonely, and his fate is tragic. Only nature accepts it, because the creator took care of it: among the oak forests and fields, under the flickering brilliance of the stars, the poet's understanding can meet.

The genre of Lermontov's "Prophet" is a lyrical confession. Written in the same way as Pushkin's, with a four-legged iamba, here the poem remains as if unsaid, breaks off as if in a half-word, like Alexander Sergeevich, although the main thing is already being said.

Now it's time to consider directly the comparative analysis of the "Prophet" by Pushkin and Lermontov. What is the difference between the two works?

Comparative analysis of poems by Pushkin and Lermontov

As can be seen from the above analysis, the data of the poems by Lermontov and Pushkin differ significantly, if not by form, then genre and content. Although the lyrical hero of both works is a rejected and lonely member of the society, he still retains the hope of Alexander Sergeevich to change the situation, because he hears a clear instruction from heaven, sees an angel who is to him as an envoy, and is strengthened in the knowledge that his work Holy.

A comparative analysis of the "Prophet" by Pushkin and Lermontov also reveals that the lyrical hero from Lermontov's poem, as if it were a continuation of what Alexander Sergeyevich stopped on, is tragic and even lost. Signs that are to him in the form of submissiveness of nature are indirect and can not be viewed in the context of a direct divine message. Hence the total, absolute loss of communication with the people, which we will not meet with Alexander Sergeevich: the Lermontov poet has become entangled, lost the guiding star and is forced to wander in the darkness.

Thus, the comparative analysis of the "Prophet" by Pushkin and Lermontov proves the fundamentally different world views of poets. Their dissimilar views are reflected literally in any of the creativity products of both authors. At the same time, writers complement each other very colorfully.

Creativity А.А. Feta

In order to conduct another comparative analysis, one should turn to the activities of Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet. Innovator in poetry, this man today occupies a special place among the classics of Russian literature. Fet's poems are an example of the most refined and subtle lyrics, combining the charm of form and the depth of content. The main thing for Athanasius Afanasievich was the expression of the most insignificant impulses of the soul and emotional state, in connection with which he constantly played the form, liberating and changing it in a different manner for transmission through it of all shades of feelings. The nature of Feta is maximally humanized, which is achieved through multiple personifications: before the reader there are "sobbing" grasses, "widowed azure", awakened by "every branch" of the forest.

It is curious that one of the most famous poems of A.A. Fet, titled "Whisper, timid breathing ..." is written entirely without the use of verbs, although it would seem that this part of speech is the leading one in any language. Apparently, Fet decided to ignore or disprove this statement and rejected the action. By using only adjectives and nouns, he created a real hymn of nature and love.

Style and poetics Tiutchev

Unlike Fet, Tyutchev's poems are deeply philosophical lyrics. They do not have the lightness inherent in the works of Athanasius Afanasievich, but there is a psychologism that manifests itself even in the depiction of landscapes. The favorite methods of the poet is the antithesis (opposition), as well as the use of numerous verbs and union-free constructions that create the dynamism of action and the activity of plot development within the work. Tyutchev's poems reveal no less than Fet's, attention to the person's personality and the smallest movements of his soul.

A comparative analysis of the poems and styles of Fet and Tyutchev

If we talk about poets in the aspect of comparison, it should be noted that for Tyutchev more than Fet, tragic notes and motifs are characteristic. It is likely that this is due to the biography of the writer, who had experience of a great, but sad love for a woman named Elena Denisieva, whose connection was considered criminal in the eyes of society and was constantly blamed. The poems of the Denisyevsky cycle, for example, Silentium !, "Oh, how deadly we love ..." and others, are the most touching in the poet's work, but at the same time they do not lose their desperate grief.

On the work of AA. Feta love also left a serious imprint. Loved the girl from a poor family, Fet was poor and could not offer her anything but her feelings. However, soon the girl died tragically. Fet carried the memory of her through life and his own creativity, but unlike Tiutchev, these memories awakened in him bright thoughts and emotions that resulted in the creation of inspirational, full-life poems, like "I came to you with greetings" , "May Night" and others.