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N. A. Nekrasov is one of those Russian poets who, with all their work, seemed to be arguing with the previous literary tradition and at the same time they themselves created a new tradition, characterizing the time in which they worked. N. A. Nekrasov completely rethinks the idea of poetry, the role of the poet in the life of society. But in order to argue with tradition, it was necessary to establish a connection with it. That is why a number of poems by N. A. Nekrasov are clearly polemical in nature. One of the best, in my opinion, poems of the poet, “Elegy”, becomes like this. The poem "Elegy" was written in 1874 and became the answer of N. A. Nekrasov to the statements addressed to the poet by many critics. One of them wrote: “What was his (Nekrasov’s) favorite topic - a direct description of the suffering of the people and the poor in general - has already been exhausted by him, not because such a topic could ever be completely exhausted in itself, but because our poet began to somehow repeat himself when he takes up this topic.
Another critic suggested that after 1861 the theme itself seems outdated and untenable. It is precisely the polemic with such statements that, in my opinion, can explain the beginning of the poem: Let him tell us changeable fashion That the theme is old - "the suffering of the people" And that poetry should forget it - Do not believe it, young men! she doesn't age. For his poem, N. A. Nekrasov chooses a six-foot iambic with a pair of rhymes, that is, an Alexandrian verse is the solemn size of the era of classicism. This immediately sets the orientation to high level verse and, in addition, a connection with Pushkin's "Village". There are also lexical connections between the two poems. Compare with N. A. Nekrasov:
…Alas! while people drag in poverty, submitting to scourges, Like lean herds through mowed meadows... And in Pushkin: Leaning on an alien plow, submitting to scourges, Here lean slavery drags along the reins...
This comparison is intended once again emphasize the importance of the topic and establish the connection of times. N. A. Nekrasov proves the urgency of addressing this topic by introducing a description of the life of the people into the “Elegy” and shows the complete failure of the reform. And therefore, the poem becomes a kind of declaration of N. A. Nekrasov’s attitude to the topic of poetry and understanding of the role of the poet: the poet must have one goal - serving the people - until the people are happy. Nekrasov affirms civic poetry, social poetry.
The choice of genre is not accidental either: elegy is a traditional lyrical genre, the content of which is the love experiences of the lyrical hero. The place of the beloved of N. A. Nekrasov is occupied by the people, the thoughts of the poet are turned to him. However, this love remains unrequited, and from here arises the tragedy inherent in the sound of the poem: I dedicated the lyre to his people. Perhaps I will die unknown to him, But I served him - and my heart is calm ... These phrases again show a connection with A. S. Pushkin, this time with the poem "Echo":
To every sound Your response in the empty air You will suddenly give birth. There is no response to you ... So are you, poet!
The only difference is that N. A. Nekrasov connects this topic directly with the people, and the very meaning of the comparison is concretized: ... But the one about whom I sing in the evening silence, To whom the poet’s dreams are dedicated, - Alas! he does not heed - and does not give an answer ... "Does not give an answer" - this is a clear orientation towards a lyrical digression from the final part of Gogol's poem " Dead Souls". Not only the people - but the whole of Russia - this is the unchanging beloved of N. A. Nekrasov, to whom they are dedicated the best works poet.
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Analysis of the poem
1. The history of the creation of the work.
2. Characteristics of the work lyrical genre(type of lyrics, artistic method, genre).
3. Analysis of the content of the work (analysis of the plot, characterization of the lyrical hero, motives and tone).
4. Features of the composition of the work.
5. Analysis of the means of artistic expression and versification (presence of tropes and stylistic figures, rhythm, meter, rhyme, stanza).
6. The meaning of the poem for the entire work of the poet.
The poem "Elegy" was written by N.A. Nekrasov in 1874. It is dedicated to A.N. Erakov, a friend of the poet, who became the husband of his beloved sister, Anna Alekseevna Butkevich. A.N. Erakov was a railway engineer. He was a kind, sympathetic man with great artistic taste. The poem "Recent Times" is also dedicated to him. Nekrasov sent him an "Elegy" on his name day, along with a letter that said: "I am sending you poems. Since these are the most sincere and beloved ones I have written lately, I dedicate them to you, my dearest friend. The reason for writing the work was the speech of the literary historian O.F. Miller, in which he claimed that the poet began to repeat that "Nekrasov's direct description of the suffering of the people has been exhausted."
The genre of the work is indicated in the title - elegy. Its theme is the position of the Russian people and the role of the poet in society. So in the genre of elegy, the traditional motives of which are love, sadness, spiritual reflection and reflections on life, Nekrasov introduces social issues. We can attribute the poem to civil lyrics. His style is realistic.
The poem begins with the thought of the "Russian people". Opposing critics, the lyrical hero reflects on how relevant this topic is, how important it is for poetry. The first four lines represent the beginning, the definition of the topic:
Let the changing fashion tell us
That the theme is old - "the suffering of the people"
And that poetry should forget it, -
Don't believe me guys! she doesn't age.
And already here Nekrasov is an innovator. The elegy opens not with a motive of longing and not with an analysis of one's own feelings, as we have already noted above, but with an appeal to youth. And here we hear intonations and sermons, and testaments, and an open call.
Then we see the development of the theme. The lyrical hero comes to the conclusion that there is no subject more worthy and significant, that the poet is obliged to “Remind the crowd that the people are in poverty”, “To arouse the attention of the powerful of the world to the people.” The muse, according to the hero, should become a constant companion of the people's fate:
Alas! while the nations
Dragging in poverty, submitting to scourges,
Like lean herds across mowed meadows,
Mourn their fate, the muse will serve them,
And in the world there is no stronger, more beautiful union! ..
The tone of speech here becomes solemn and excitedly pathetic. Nekrasov's poem echoes Pushkin's Village, where the poet mourns the plight of the peasant:
Leaning on an alien plow, submitting to whips,
Here lean slavery drags along the reins...
By this reminiscence, Nekrasov, as it were, makes it clear that little has changed in the life of the people since the time of Pushkin, that this topic is still very important. Analyzing your life path, the hero exclaims:
I dedicated the lyre to my people,
Perhaps I will die unknown to him,
But I served him - and my heart is calm ...
Let not every warrior harm the enemy,
But everyone go to battle! And fate will decide the battle ...
Then he turns to specific facts, recalling the event, of which he became a contemporary - the abolition of serfdom. However, did this liberation make the Russian people happy? We do not find an answer to this question:
I saw a red day: there is no slave in Russia!
And I shed sweet tears in tenderness ...
“It’s enough to rejoice in a naive passion, -
Muse whispered to me - it's time to move forward:
The people are liberated, but are the people happy?
In the third part, the tone of the lyrical hero becomes calm, the narration acquires an idyllic-elegiac character. With sadness, he notes that the reform did not bring relief to the people. Rhetorical questions convey his sorrowful reflections:
I'm looking for answers to my secret questions
Boiling in the mind: "In recent years
Have you become more tolerable, peasant suffering?
And replacing the long slavery,
Has freedom finally made a difference
In people's destinies? into the tunes of rural maidens?
Or is their discordant melody just as woeful? ..».
The last stanza of the elegy reveals thoughts about creative inspiration and about the people. The call of the poet, his questions remain unanswered. Only in nature does he find a response to the call of his soul:
And my song is loud!.. It is echoed by valleys, fields,
And the echo of distant mountains sends her feedback,
And the forest responded ... Nature listens to me,
But the one about whom I sing in the evening silence
To whom the poet's dreams are dedicated, -
Alas! he does not heed - and does not give an answer ...
Here is a reminiscence from Pushkin's poem "Echo":
You listen to the roar of thunders,
And the voice of the storm, and the waves,
And the cry of rural roosters -
And you send an answer;
You don’t have a response ... Such is
And you, poet!
The thought of both poets is similar: their work cannot find a response among the people. Nature is opposed to people here.
In this poem, the image of a lyrical hero appears quite clearly before us. This is no longer a young man who has chosen his own path and follows it when many have left it. This is a whole person, although he knows hesitations and mistakes, the naivety of hobbies, not too much self-confidence (“Perhaps I will die unknown to him ...”). This is a wise and courageous person (“... everyone go into battle! And fate will decide the battle ...”). He is not indifferent to the fate of youth - the future of Russia. This is a talented poet who creates according to free inspiration (“And the song itself is composed in the mind ...”). He is sure that one can live honestly only in selfless service to the people (“To arouse the attention of the powerful of the world to the people - What could the lyre serve more worthily?”).
The composition is divided into three parts. The first part is the beginning, an appeal to the youth. The second part is the development of the theme, the proclamation of the civil service of poetry to the Fatherland, the analysis of one's own creative way. The third part is the ending, reflections on the Russian people. The poem begins and ends with the same motive - the suffering of the people. In the finale, the lyrical hero does not speak about this directly, but the people do not heed his calls, the people are “silent”. This motif of silence is associated with the theme moral suffering. Thus, we can speak of a ring composition.
The poem is written in iambic six-foot with pyrrhias, the rhyming is cross. The poet uses various means artistic expressiveness: epithets (“sweet tears”, “red day”), metaphor (“Muse will serve them”), personification (“And the forest responded ...”), comparison (“Like lean herds on mowed meadows ...”), anaphora (“And the echo of the distant mountains sends her reviews, And the forest responded ...”), a rhetorical question (“What could the lyre serve more worthily?”), a rhetorical exclamation (“But everyone go to battle!”), alliteration (“What is the theme the old one - “the suffering of the people”, “And I shed sweet tears in tenderness ...”), phraseological unit (“to arouse the attention of the powerful of the world ...”). The poet uses “high” vocabulary: “heeds”, “dragging”, “rock”, “lyre”, “I listen”, “virgins”.
Thus, Nekrasov considered poetic creativity as a civil service to the Fatherland, the Russian people. His muse was the muse of vengeance and sorrow, the muse cut with a whip. Denying "art for art's sake", the poet "understood the meaning of his vocation and served it invariably, without deviating to the sides, without making any concessions and without being carried away by false, albeit brilliant ghosts. Many people can be reproached with such hobbies, but not Nekrasov, who understood that “as long as the sun is not visible from anywhere”, then a poet with a similar mood is “ashamed to sleep” and
Even more ashamed in the hour of grief
The beauty of valleys, skies and seas
And sing sweet affection.
The poem "Elegy" by N.A. Nekrasov wrote in 1874 in response to criticism from literary historians. They considered the poet's work monotonous and repetitive, because the main theme of Nekrasov is the image of the life of the Russian people. But at that time there was no longer serfdom, which means that many believed that the peasants began to live happily, and that this problem was not relevant.
The poem refers to the theme of the people, like most of Nekrasov's works. But here the poet turns first of all to unknown opponents, arguing that the problem of happiness ordinary people is still relevant.
While the nations
Dragging in poverty, submitting to scourges,
Like lean herds across mowed meadows
Nekrasov considers it important "to arouse the attention of the mighty of the world to the people," because the peasants, having received freedom, are still in poverty. And the poet fully understands them, because he himself had to live in complete poverty on the street.
“I dedicated the lyre to my people,” he is calm because the heroes of his works are peasants, not noble people. He was lucky to see a red day when canceled serfdom, but at that moment the Muse spoke, and the question arose: "The people are liberated, but are the people happy?" In search of an answer, the poet turns to Everyday life peasants working in the field and completely devoting themselves to their work.
Excited, he does not find an answer to the "secret questions" about whether changes have come to the people's destinies, "to the tunes of rural maidens", or not.
Concluding the "Elegy", Nekrasov notes that he does not know whether the life of the Russian peasants has become better or worse. He only asks for blessings on rural labors, promises curses to the people's enemy and prays to the heavens for the power of a friend.
Nature listens to me
But the one about whom I sing in the evening silence
He does not heed - and does not give an answer ...
Nekrasov wanted to express his feeling of love and duty to the people, understanding of the problems of ordinary people. He drew attention to the problem of happiness and showed that the abolition of serfdom does not mean at all that the people have become free and happy.
The poet uses lexical and syntactic means of expression: epithets (“sweet tears”, “red day”), metaphor (“The muse will serve them”), personification (“And the forest responded ...”, “nature listens to me), anaphora (“And the echo of the distant mountains sends her feedback, And the forest responded ... "), a rhetorical question ("What could the lyre serve more worthily?"), As well as such a type of sound writing as alliteration ("That the theme is old -" the suffering of the people "," And sweet tears I shed in tenderness ...") All these stylistic figures convey the mood of the poet, his exciting thought. The poem is written in two-syllable size - iambic, paired rhyming is used, it gives the text clarity, and at the same time expressiveness.
The elegy impresses with its mood, simple and at the same time good rhyming, expressiveness. The poet acts as a passionate defender of people's interests, and even nature listens to him.
"Only one thing is important - to love the people, the Motherland, to serve them with heart and soul"
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The poem "Elegy" was written by N.A. Nekrasov in 1874. It is dedicated to A.N. Erakov, a friend of the poet, who became the husband of his beloved sister, Anna Alekseevna Butkevich. A.N. Erakov was a railway engineer. He was a kind, sympathetic person with great artistic taste. The poem "Recent Times" is also dedicated to him. Nekrasov sent him an "Elegy" on his name day, along with a letter that said: "I am sending you poems. Since these are the most sincere and beloved ones I have written lately, I dedicate them to you, my dearest friend. The reason for writing the work was the speech of the literary historian O.F. Miller, in which he claimed that the poet began to repeat that "Nekrasov's direct description of the suffering of the people has been exhausted."
The genre of the work is indicated in the title - elegy. Its theme is the position of the Russian people and the role of the poet in society. So in the genre of elegy, the traditional motives of which are love, sadness, spiritual reflection and reflections on life, Nekrasov introduces social issues. We can attribute the poem to civil lyrics. His style is realistic.
The poem begins with the thought of the "Russian people". Opposing critics, the lyrical hero reflects on how relevant this topic is, how important it is for poetry. The first four lines represent the beginning, the definition of the topic:
Let the changing fashion tell us
That the theme is old - "the suffering of the people"
And that poetry should forget it, -
Don't believe me guys! she doesn't age.
And already here Nekrasov is an innovator. The elegy opens not with a motive of longing and not with an analysis of one's own feelings, as we have already noted above, but with an appeal to youth. And here we hear intonations and sermons, and testaments, and an open call.
Then we see the development of the theme. The lyrical hero comes to the conclusion that there is no subject more worthy and significant, that the poet is obliged to “Remind the crowd that the people are in poverty”, “To arouse the attention of the powerful of the world to the people.” The muse, according to the hero, should become a constant companion of the people's fate:
Alas! while the nations
Dragging in poverty, submitting to scourges,
Like lean herds across mowed meadows,
Mourn their fate, the muse will serve them,
And in the world there is no stronger, more beautiful union! ..
The tone of speech here becomes solemn and excitedly pathetic. Nekrasov's poem echoes Pushkin's Village, where the poet mourns the plight of the peasant:
By this reminiscence, Nekrasov, as it were, makes it clear that little has changed in the life of the people since the time of Pushkin, that this topic is still very important. Analyzing his life path, the hero exclaims:
I dedicated the lyre to my people,
Perhaps I will die unknown to him,
But I served him - and my heart is calm ...
Let not every warrior harm the enemy,
But everyone go to battle! And fate will decide the battle ...
Then he turns to specific facts, recalling the event, of which he became a contemporary - the abolition of serfdom. However, did this liberation make the Russian people happy? We do not find an answer to this question:
I saw a red day: there is no slave in Russia!
And I shed sweet tears in tenderness ...
“It’s enough to rejoice in a naive passion, -
Muse whispered to me - it's time to move forward:
The people are liberated, but are the people happy?
In the third part, the tone of the lyrical hero becomes calm, the narration acquires an idyllic-elegiac character. With sadness, he notes that the reform did not bring relief to the people. Rhetorical questions convey his sorrowful reflections:
I'm looking for answers to my secret questions
Boiling in the mind: "In recent years
Have you become more tolerable, peasant suffering?
And replacing the long slavery,
Has freedom finally made a difference
In people's destinies? into the tunes of rural maidens?
Or is their discordant melody just as woeful? ..».
The last stanza of the elegy reveals thoughts about creative inspiration and about the people. The call of the poet, his questions remain unanswered. Only in nature does he find a response to the call of his soul:
And my song is loud!.. It is echoed by valleys, fields,
And the echo of distant mountains sends her feedback,
And the forest responded ... Nature listens to me,
But the one about whom I sing in the evening silence
To whom the poet's dreams are dedicated, -
Alas! he does not heed - and does not give an answer ...
Here is a reminiscence from Pushkin's poem "Echo":
You listen to the roar of thunders,
And the voice of the storm, and the waves,
And the cry of rural roosters -
And you send an answer;
You don’t have a response ... Such is
And you, poet!
The thought of both poets is similar: their work cannot find a response among the people. Nature is opposed to people here.
In this poem, the image of a lyrical hero appears quite clearly before us. This is no longer a young man who has chosen his own path and follows it when many have left it. This is a whole person, although he knows hesitations and mistakes, the naivety of hobbies, not too much self-confidence (“Perhaps I will die unknown to him ...”). This is a wise and courageous person (“... everyone go into battle! And fate will decide the battle ...”). He is not indifferent to the fate of youth - the future of Russia. This is a talented poet who creates according to free inspiration (“And the song itself is composed in the mind ...”). He is sure that one can live honestly only in selfless service to the people (“To arouse the attention of the powerful of the world to the people - What could the lyre serve more worthily?”).
The composition is divided into three parts. The first part is the beginning, an appeal to the youth. The second part is the development of the theme, the proclamation of the civil service of poetry to the Fatherland, the analysis of one's own creative path. The third part is the ending, reflections on the Russian people. The poem begins and ends with the same motive - the suffering of the people. In the finale, the lyrical hero does not speak about this directly, but the people do not heed his calls, the people are “silent”. This motif of silence is associated with the theme of moral suffering. Thus, we can speak of a ring composition.
The poem is written in iambic six-foot with pyrrhias, the rhyming is cross. The poet uses various means of artistic expression: epithets (“sweet tears”, “red day”), metaphor (“the muse will serve them”), personification (“And the forest responded ...”), comparison (“Like lean herds through mowed meadows ... ”), anaphora (“And the echo of the distant mountains sends her reviews, And the forest responded ...”), rhetorical question (“What could the lyre serve more worthily?”), rhetorical exclamation (“But everyone go to battle!”), Alliteration (“That the theme is old - “the suffering of the people”, “And I shed sweet tears in tenderness ...”), phraseological unit (“to arouse the attention of the powerful of the world ...”). The poet uses “high” vocabulary: “heeds”, “dragging”, “rock”, “lyre”, “I listen”, “virgins”.
Thus, Nekrasov considered poetic creativity as a civil service to the Fatherland, the Russian people. His muse was the muse of vengeance and sorrow, the muse cut with a whip. Denying "art for art's sake", the poet "understood the meaning of his vocation and served it invariably, without deviating to the sides, without making any concessions and without being carried away by false, albeit brilliant ghosts. Many people can be reproached with such hobbies, but not Nekrasov, who understood that “as long as the sun is not visible from anywhere”, then a poet with a similar mood is “ashamed to sleep” and
Nekrasov worried about the fate of Russia and with all his poetry called for work to transform it into a powerful and happy country.
The poem "Elegy", dedicated to the fate of the motherland and the role of the poet in society, was written by Nekrasov on August 15-17, 1874. The work was not immediately sent to print. Nekrasov decided to wait a while, not to rush to publish such a politically sharp poem - he was afraid of a new censorship storm. The poems were sent on August 29, 1874 to the wife of the poet's sister A.N. Erakov. In an accompanying note, Nekrasov noted that for the last period of creativity, these are “my most sincere and favorite” poems.
The impetus for writing the poem "Elegy" was a lecture by the liberal historian of Russian literature, Orest Miller, in which he argued that Nekrasov continued to write on the already developed theme of "the suffering of the people." The poet opposes, expresses his opinion, convinces that this topic does not get old.
Compositionally, the poem "Elegy" is divided into four large stanzas of 14, 10, 12, 14 lines, respectively. The poem has an overall high tone. The cross-cutting themes of the poem are the fate of the people in the post-reform era and the poet's mission in society.
The poem "Elegy" is one of the best examples of the poet's civil lyrics.
The problems of the poem
The key issue raised in the "Elegy" - a socio-historical plan - the results of the peasant reform. Problematic questions about the position of the people in the poem are combined with the question of the role of the poet in society.
At the beginning of the poem, the relevance of the theme of "the suffering of the people" is assessed. The lyrical hero brings us up to date - "fashion" says that this topic is old, and poetry should not respond to it. But the lyrical hero does not agree with this. He is of the opinion that for a poet there is nothing more important and essential than “to remind the crowd that the people are in poverty ... to arouse the attention of the powerful of the world to the people ...”
In the second stanza of the poem, the lyrical hero talks about his civic mission, about his duty and responsibility to the people, about the Muse, about the fate of people. The phrase with which the second stanza of the "Elegy" begins has become the leitmotif of all Nekrasov's work:
“I dedicated the lyre to my people”…
The second stanza ends with the poet trying to find an answer to the question: did the reform make the peasants happy? The fetters of serfdom have fallen, "but are the people happy"?
This important theme was developed in the third stanza of the poem: “Have you become more tolerable, peasant suffering?”
The third stanza begins with peaceful pictures of peasant life. The reapers sing songs over the golden harvest, an old man walks, a contented child runs, sickles and scythes work properly. With what love Nekrasov tells about simple peasant everyday life. The poet highly valued the Russian people, wished him boundless happiness, thought about him, worried about him:
"I'm looking for answers to secret questions,
Boiling in the mind…”
What questions did N.A. Nekrasov look for answers to? Has the life of the peasants changed in better side after the signing by the king of the Manifesto on the abolition of serfdom?
"Freedom has finally made a difference?"
There is no answer to this question in the third stanza.
The final stanza of the "Elegy" begins with the words: "Already the evening is coming ...". These words seem to take us back to the past. They remind us of Zhukovsky's elegy "Evening" (1806), in which there are these words: "It's already evening ... the edges of the clouds have faded ..."
The intonation at the beginning of the final stanza is thoughtful. Topics of thought - nature, creative inspiration. The second half of the stanza is more decisive. The loud song of the poet is echoed by valleys, fields, mountains, the forest responds. But the one from whom the poet is waiting for an answer is silent. The call, the prayers of the poet have not yet been heard.
What was the purpose of the author when writing the poem "Elegy"?
"Elegy" was a veiled call to the youth to fight for the true emancipation of the peasantry. If we turn to the draft version of the poem, then in it you can find the following words:
“Oh, Russian youth! There are topics above fashion:
Ages do not age them! .. "
With a deeper analysis of the "Elegy", it becomes clear that Nekrasov relied in this poem on the principles of Pushkin's freedom-loving lyrics - "Village", "Echo", "Monument". “Dragging”, “skinny”, “obeying the scourges” - there is a roll call with Pushkin's “Village”.
Both poets went their own ways in poetry, but the merits of both before the Fatherland and Russian literature are priceless.
the main idea poems "Elegy" - long-awaited peasant reform did not bring happiness to the peasants. We need to go further.
Feature works are an example of a new type of elegy, a social elegy.
Reading the work, you can see that in the poem Nekrasov is not talking about the disaster of one people, but about the disaster of peoples (in the plural):
"... while the nations Dragging in poverty, submitting to scourges, .."
This is also emphasized in Nekrasov’s other works completed in the same 1874 - “The Terrible Year” and “The Honest, Valiantly Fallen Silenced ...”
The poetic size of the poem "Elegy" is iambic six-foot with the use of pyrrhic (omission of stresses). The poem uses an adjacent rhyming scheme (aabb) using both feminine rhymes (aa lines) and masculine rhymes (bb lines).
Means of artistic expression
Epithets - "changeable fashion", " God's world”,“ a contented child ”,“ secret questions ”,“ long slavery ”,“ living embodiment ”,“ distant mountains ”
Metaphors - "red day", "golden harvest", "cool twilight"
Appeals - "Do not believe, young men!"
Personification - "And the forest responded ..."
The archaic form of the verb is used - “grows old”
Comparison - "Like lean herds on mowed meadows ..."
Rhetorical question - "What could the lyre serve more worthily?"
Phraseologism - "the powerful of the world"
Exclamations - "Alas!", "But everyone go to battle!"
What do you remember about Nekrasov's poem "Elegy"?
An unusual combination of shapes poetic work and its content. It would seem that an elegy is a rather sentimental genre. But Nekrasov approached the issue in an innovative way - he creates a social elegy. This undoubtedly enriched the poetry.
I remember the poem "Elegy" by the fact that once again Nekrasov shows indifference, as a poet, reacts sharply to the surrounding reality, stands up for a better lot for his people.
1. Introduction
2. The history of the creation of the poem "Elegy"
3. What was the impetus for writing the poem?
4. Composition
5. Topics raised in the poem, what type of lyrics does it belong to?
6. Issues
7. Summary
8. The main idea of the poem "Elegy"
9. A characteristic feature of the poem
10. Poetic meter
11. Means of artistic expression
12. What do you remember about the poem?
