The people of forgetful, inconsiderate, eccentric as a joke we call "people scattered from the street Bassein." The same is said for children who leave hats or books at school, in sports halls - shoes, on playgrounds - dolls, balls, cars ... However, from today's young readers, not everyone knows this mysterious person with whom they are compared.
To the history of creation
"This is what the Basseyna is scattered from the street" - perhaps the most beloved poem of our grandmothers and mothers. Without him, it's also impossible to imagine their childhood, as without Cinderella, Snow Queen, Winnie the Pooh or Baby with Carlson. His author is Samuil Marshak, a wonderful poet, whose works brought up no generation of Soviet children. The story of how a man scattered from the street Bassein lived, is recognized as the most popular work of the poet. Coming to readers in 1930, a book with her funny character has withstood dozens of reprints and translations into many languages. The wonderful illustrations of the artist Konashevich also added to the splendid lines. It is for them that the public imagined what a hero looks like-the Basseyna scattered from the street.
The author and his hero
People who knew Marshak closely, not without reason, argued that the author is somewhat similar to the image he invented, and he repeatedly returned to him in his work. Apparently, the poet was interested in such personalities: several ridiculous, funny eccentrics, extraordinary, his behavior violating a boring, habitual way of life. Samuel Yakovlevich, sometimes quite eccentric, sometimes became just like a man scattered from the street Bassein. In 1975, the creative association "Ekran" made a cartoon poem.
From image to story
The plot of the poem can be considered as an epic, as it includes the change of events, and a certain development. Based on the principle of a rhymed story, its composition has an exposition, or an introduction, then an inner movement, a culmination and an epilogue.
What does Marshak tell about the hero? Scattered from the street Bassein is living in Leningrad, most likely in a communal apartment. Neighbors are used to his eccentricities and, apparently, do not pay attention to them. Only occasionally corrected, when absolutely scattered violates the usual stereotypes. Instead of the shirt, the hero puts on his pants, and instead of hats he tries to put a frying pan on the top of his head, and so the coat "pockets" someone else. Why is this happening, because the poem "Scattered from the Bassein Street" is quite ordinary? The thing is that the hero is unnecessarily focused on some, only guided, thoughts, as always Marshak himself was tuned to the poetic wave of creativity. And remember the anecdotes about chess players, professors, representatives of other professions, constantly immersed in an interesting sphere! There will also be loose laces, and colorful shoes, and trips are not there! By the way, the scattered man himself also sets off on a train on the Leningrad-Moscow route. What came of it - you can learn by reading the work!
The exact address
There remains one more question: "What is this such a street in Leningrad - Basseinaya?" On which card can you read its name? Sorry: there is no such street on the modern city map. Such a topographical object really was, but only in St. Petersburg. And since 1818 the street has received a different name - Nekrasov. It passes through the center of the city, from the famous Liteiny Prospekt to Greek. In the 18th century there were swimming pools, from which water was fed to the magnificent fountains in the Summer Garden. A century later, the basins were replaced by the Greek public garden. Then the street was renamed in honor of Nekrasov, because the great poet lived here for 20 years. Probably, therefore - in memory of the famous fellow pen - and Marshak settled here a man scattered ...