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1. Poems are the soul of the poet.
2. General information about Blok's work.
3. A symbol is a deep and accurate image of reality.
4. Symbolism of color.
5. Revolutionary image of the wind (storms, snowstorms).
6. Symbolism of the number "twelve".
7. The image of Christ in the poem.
In the poems that a real poet creates, all his thoughts and even his soul are reflected. When reading a poem, it immediately becomes clear what the state of a person was at the time of writing the poetic creation. Poems are like a diary of the poet's life. Not everyone will be able to express in words, and even more so to express on paper their state of mind, their feelings and experiences. Each time, re-reading the poet's books, you begin to understand him more and more as a person. Although, on the other hand, it seems that he is the same as we are, and does not differ from us in anything: the same thoughts, the same desires. And yet he is able to express his feelings somehow differently, in a different way, with some special specificity, probably more hidden and of course through poems. A person who has been given such a gift to express his thoughts and feelings through poems cannot do otherwise.
A remarkable Russian poet of the early 20th century, A. A. Blok, was born in November 1880 in St. Petersburg. Mine creative way A. A. Blok began in 1904 while studying at St. Petersburg University at the Faculty of Philology. This is how “Poems about the Beautiful Lady” (1904), cycles of poems “Crossroads” (1902-1904), “Fed”, “Unexpected Joy”, “Snow Mask” (1905-1907) appeared. After graduating from university in 1906, the writer continued his literary activity: in 1907, the poetic cycle "On the Kulikovo Field", "Motherland" (1907-1916), then the poems "The Twelve", "Scythians" (1918) appeared.
For a long time, Blok's poem "The Twelve" was perceived as a work that describes only events October revolution, and no one saw what is hidden under these symbols, no one understood those important questions that stand behind all the images. In order to put a deep and multifaceted meaning into simple and ordinary concepts, many writers, both Russian and foreign, use various symbols. For example, in one writer, a flower denotes a Beautiful Lady, a majestic woman, and a bird is a soul. Knowing all these nuances of literary creativity, the reader is already beginning to perceive the poet's lyrics in a completely different way.
In the poem "The Twelve" A. A. Blok very often uses various symbols, images - these are colors and nature, numbers and names. In his poem, he uses various contrasts to enhance the effect of the impending revolution. In the very first chapter, at the very beginning, the color contrast is obvious: black wind and White snow.
Black evening.
White snow.
Wind, wind!
The black and white colors of the landscape run through the entire Blok's poem "The Twelve": black sky, black malice, white roses. And gradually, in the course of events, this color scheme is diluted with a red-bloody color: suddenly the red guard and the red flag appear.
... They go far with a sovereign step ...
- Who else is there? Come out!
It's the red flag wind
Played ahead...
Bright red colors are the colors that symbolize blood, and this indicates that bloodshed is bound to happen and it is very close. Soon, soon the wind of revolution will rise over the world. A special place in the poem is occupied by the image of the wind, which is also associated with an alarming foreboding of the inevitable revolution. The wind is a symbol of rapid advancement into the future. This image runs through the whole poem, it fills all the thoughts of the poet in the days of the revolution. Wind tremble poster "All power to the Constituent Assembly", knocking people down, people constituting old world(starting from the priest and ending with a girl of easy virtue). It shows not just the wind, but the elemental wind, the wind of global change. It is this wind that will blow away everything old, will save us from the "old world", which is too stuffy and inhuman. The revolutionary wind of change will bring with it something new, some new, best action. And people are waiting for him, waiting for changes in their lives.
A person does not stand on his feet.
Wind, wind -
In all God's world!
When Blok worked on the poem "The Twelve", he repeatedly used the image of the wind in his notebook: "By evening, a hurricane (a constant companion of translations)" - January 3, "By evening - a cyclone" - January 6, "The wind is raging (again a cyclone? ) - January 14". By itself, the wind in the poem is just as perceived as a direct depiction of reality, since in January 1918 in Petrograd there was just such windy and blizzard weather. The image of the wind was accompanied by images of a storm, cold, snowstorm. These images in the poet's work are one of the favorite ones, and the poet resorted to them when he wanted to convey a sense of the fullness of life, people's expectation of great changes and excitement at the impending revolution.
Played out, something blizzard
Oh, blizzard, oh blizzard,
Can't see each other at all
In four steps!
This night, gloomy, cold blizzard, snow storm is opposed by lights, bright, light, warm lights.
The wind is blowing, the snow is falling.
Twelve people are coming.
Rifles black straps.
All around - lights, lights, lights ...
Blok himself spoke of his work on the poem in the following way: “During and after the end of The Twelve, for several days I felt physically, with hearing, a lot of noise around - continuous noise (probably noise from the collapse of the old world) ... the poem was written in that historical and always a short time when a passing revolutionary cyclone produces a storm in all seas - nature, life and art.
The number "twelve" occupies a special place in the poem. Both the revolution and the very title of the poem are very symbolic and this magical combination of numbers can be traced everywhere. The work itself consists of twelve chapters, creating a feeling of a cycle - twelve months a year. Main characters- twelve people walking in a detachment, a roaming squalor, potential killers and convicts. On the other hand, these are the twelve apostles, among which the names Peter and Andrew are symbolic. The symbol of twelve is also used in the sacred number of the highest point of light and darkness. It's noon and midnight.
Closer to the end of the poem, Blok tries to find a symbol that would mean the beginning of a new era and thus Christ appears. The poet's Jesus Christ is not a specific image, he is revealed to the reader as a kind of invisible symbol. Christ is not accessible to any earthly influences, it is impossible to see him:
And invisible behind the blizzard
The note of the bullet is unharmed,
This silhouette can only be followed; as the highest moral authority, it leads twelve people.
In a white wreath of roses
In front is Jesus Christ.
A large number of symbols and images in the poem "The Twelve" makes us think about every word and sign, because we want to understand what is hidden behind them, what is the meaning. It is not for nothing that the poet takes his place next to the great symbolists, and the poem "The Twelve" illustrates this well.
The revolutionary unrest of the early twentieth century in Russia evoked responses from many writers. The events of 1917 and civil war encouraged to create works of both contemporaries and writers of later periods, up to the present day. Among the poets inspired by this period national history, was also A.A. Block. The poem "The Twelve" reflected the author's ambiguous perception of the coup, the meaning of which is still being guessed at. The rich symbolism of the work has a large number of interpretations.
Symbols: role and their meaning
What does a symbol mean for a poet? It's like a term for a scientist, that is, with the help of it you can more capaciously, without extra words, Express the idea. And Blok actively used this opportunity in his work.
- Colors. The first thing that meets the reader's poem is the antithesis of colors - black and white. In world culture, these shades have dozens of meanings, but it is for this poem that white is renewal, the desire for the future, black is the darkness of the old world, the suffering of the soul caused by sin. In addition, the text contains red, expressing resistance, the desire for change.
- The wind is a sign of storm and revolution. He is trying to swirl the snow in order to bring everything old, experienced.
- 12 is a number endowed with a special meaning. The number of Red Army soldiers in the poem is comparable to the many apostles at the Last Supper. There are many hypotheses about what author's position is hidden behind the gospel symbols. Perhaps, for Blok, the events of 1917 are comparable in importance in the history of mankind to Holy Week.
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- It is important to emphasize the role and image of the author in The Twelve. Blok was aware that he was present at an epoch-making event, he intuitively felt the upcoming changes in the country, therefore in this work “The Writer is Vitya”, and the poem itself is more associated with the chronicle. Here the poet plays the role of Pimen or Nestor, whose goal is to capture what is happening.
- Let us turn to the image of the twelve Red Guards. Not all are named by name, but it is not by chance that the heroes named in the poem coincide with the apostles. Such a mention allows you to assign to the heroes largest number associations evoked in the reader. Ivan, Andrei, Peter - these names are both sacred and social at the same time.
- For example, Petruha repents of the murder out of jealousy, but this hero would not be so significant for the poem if his name did not allude to Peter, who renounced Christ. The crime in both cases is not a reason to go astray, but it stimulates with even greater zeal to move on. Both for Peter Bloksky and for the gospel there was no time to regret what they had done: they had to move forward to implement the common idea.
- The most discussed image in the poem is Christ (an essay on his role in the work is available). It is interesting to see how it appears in the poem. At the beginning of the poem there is a wind, in the 12th chapter a red flag appears at this element, the same attribute is in the hands of Christ. It can be assumed that the Savior is present in the poem from the first lines, but in the form of a spirit, a breath, and finds its embodiment only at the end of the work. What does this image mean for the poem? It is unfair to consider that this is a sign of the author's approval of the events of 1917. Blok was aware of the inevitability of revolution, the impossibility of returning to the old order. The world has changed, the old world is in the past, the country is on the threshold new era. The previous one began with Christ and the apostles. And they have not disappeared anywhere: the scenery has changed, but the main characters have remained.
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Symbolic images and their meaning in Blok's poem "The Twelve"
Blok's poem "The Twelve" cannot be considered a work dedicated exclusively to the October Revolution, without perceiving what is hidden behind the symbols, without betraying the importance of the issues that were raised in it by the author. Alexander Alexandrovich used symbols in order to use them to convey a deep meaning to the most ordinary, seemingly meaningless scene. Blok used many symbols in his poem: these are names, numbers, and colors.
The leitmotif of the poem arises from the first bars: in the break and opposition of "white" and "black". Two opposite colors, I think, can only mean a split, a separation. Black is the color of a vague, dark beginning. White color symbolizes purity, spirituality, it is the color of the future. In the poem there are phrases: black sky, black anger, white rose. I think that the "black sky" hanging over the city is akin to the "black malice" accumulated in the hearts of the "twelve". Here one can guess a long-standing resentment, pain, hatred, in relation to the "old" world.
Evil, sad evil.
Boiling in the chest
Black malice, holy malice...
The poem also features red. It symbolizes blood, fire. Blok reflects on the possibility of a person's rebirth in the purifying fire of the revolution. Revolution for the author is the birth of harmony from chaos. The number twelve is also symbolic. Twelve - the number of the apostles of Christ, the number of jurors in court, the number of people in the detachments that patrolled Petrograd. The main characters of the poem are unthinkable in this era, the era of the revolution. Twelve marchers, the beginnings of a new consciousness, are opposed to the embodiment of the "old" world - "bourgeois at the crossroads", "lady in astrakhan fur", "writer - winding". The "Twelve" symbolize, I think, the revolution itself, striving to get rid of the past, moving swiftly forward, destroying all its enemies.
Revolutionary keep step!
The restless enemy does not sleep!
Comrade, hold the rifle, don't be afraid!
Let's fire a bullet at Holy Russia...
"Hungry beggar dog" symbolizes the "old", outgoing world in the poem. We see that this dog pursues the "twelve" everywhere, just as the former world pursues new system, revolution. From this we can conclude that the supporters of the new time cannot yet get rid of the remnants of the past. Block also does not give predictions about what the future will be, although he is aware that it will not be rosy:
Ahead is a cold snowdrift,
-Who else is there? Come out!
Only a beggar dog is hungry
Waddles behind.
- Get off you, mangy,
I'll tickle with a bayonet!
The old world is like a lousy dog
Fail - I'll beat you!
The image of Christ is also symbolic in the poem. Jesus Christ is the herald of new human relations, an exponent of purity, holiness and purifying suffering. For Blok, his "twelve" are real heroes, since they are the performers of a great mission, they are doing a holy deed - a revolution. As a symbolist and mystic, the author expresses the sanctity of the revolution religiously. Emphasizing the holiness of the revolution, its purifying power, Blok puts before these "twelve" the invisibly walking Christ. According to Blok, the Red Guards, despite the spontaneity of their movement, are subsequently reborn and become apostles of the new faith.
So they go with a sovereign step -
Behind is a hungry dog
Ahead - with a bloody flag,
And invisible behind the blizzard
And unharmed by a bullet
With a gentle step over the wind,
Snowy scattering of pearls,
In a white corolla of roses
The front is Jesus Christ.
Literary symbolism is able to subtly express the sympathy of the hero or a personal view of something important. The block uses it in its entirety. The poem "The Twelve" is full of mysteries and revelations, it makes you think about every word, every sign, in order to correctly decipher it. This work well illustrates the work of A. Blok, who rightfully takes his place among the symbolists.
The poem "The Twelve" was written by A Blok in January 1918, when the October events were already over, but not enough time had passed to comprehend them and give an objective historical assessment. The revolution of 1917 swept through like a storm, like a hurricane, and it was difficult to unambiguously say what good and what bad it brought with it. It was under such a spontaneous impression that the poem “The Twelve” was written.
Bright, multi-valued images and symbols play an important role in A. Blok's poem, their semantic load is great; this allows us to more vividly present revolutionary Petersburg, revolutionary Russia, to understand the author's perception of the revolution, his thoughts and hopes. One of the main symbols of the revolution in the poem "The Twelve" is the wind, like it, it blows everything in its path.
Wind, wind! A person does not stand on his feet.
Wind, wind - In all God's world! The wind curls White snow.
Ice under the snow.
Slippery, heavy, Every walker Slips - oh, poor thing! In this part of the poem, A. Blok sought to convey to the reader the atmosphere of the time, when anyone can “slip” on the “ice” of the revolution, taken by surprise by a hurricane of change.
Another bright symbol is found in the poem - “world fire”. In the article "The Intelligentsia and the Revolution" Blok wrote that the revolution is like a natural phenomenon, a "storm whirlwind", a "snowstorm"; for him, “the scope of the Russian revolution, which wants to embrace the whole world, is this: it cherishes the hope of raising a world cyclone...”. This idea was reflected in the poem "The Twelve", where the author speaks of a "global fire" - a symbol of the universal revolution. And this “fire” is promised to be fanned by twelve Red Army soldiers: We will fan the world fire on the mountain to all bourgeois, The world fire in the blood - Lord, bless! These twelve Red Army soldiers personify the twelve apostles of the revolutionary idea. They are entrusted with a great task - to defend the revolution, although their path lies through blood, violence, cruelty. With the help of the image of twelve Red Army soldiers, Blok reveals the theme of shed blood, violence during the period of great historical changes, the theme of permissiveness. The "apostles of the revolution" are able to kill, rob, violate Christ's commandments, but without this, according to the author, it is impossible to carry out the tasks of the revolution. Blok believed that the path to a harmonious future lay through chaos and blood.
In this sense, the image of Petrukha, one of the twelve Red Army soldiers who killed Katya out of jealousy, is important. On the one hand, A. Blok shows that his villainy is quickly forgotten and justified by even greater future villainy. On the other hand, through the images of Petrukha and Katya, Blok wants to convey that, despite the important historical events, love, jealousy, passion - eternal feelings that guide a person's actions.
Also important in the poem "The Twelve" are the images of an old woman, a priest, a bourgeois - they are representatives of the old, obsolete world. For example, the old woman is far from the revolution, from political affairs, she does not understand the meaning of the poster “All power to the Constituent Assembly!”, She does not accept the Bolsheviks either (“Oh, the Bolsheviks will drive into a coffin!”), But the old woman believes in the Mother of God, ". important to her pressing problems, not a revolution: On the rope - a poster: "All power to the Constituent Assembly!" The old woman is killing herself - crying, Doesn't understand what it means, What is such a poster for, Such a huge flap? How many footcloths would come out for the guys ...
The priest and the bourgeois are afraid of the consequences of the revolution, they are afraid for their fate, for the failure of their future life: The biting wind! The frost is not far behind! And the bourgeois at the crossroads hid his nose in his collar.
And there is the long-sleeved one - Sideways - behind the snowdrift ...
What is gloomy now, Comrade pop? The old, obsolete, unnecessary world in the poem is also presented as a “rootless”, “cold” dog, which barely trails behind twelve Red Army soldiers: ... Bares its teeth. - the wolf is hungry - The tail is tucked in - does not lag behind - The dog is cold - the dog is rootless .. .
In front is Jesus Christ.
The image of Christ in the poem personifies Blok's faith in overcoming bloody sin, in the outcome from the bloody present to a harmonious future. His image symbolizes not only the author’s faith in the sanctity of the tasks of the revolution, not only the justification of the “holy malice” of the revolutionary people, but also the idea of Christ accepting another human sin, the idea of forgiveness and the hope that people will come to His precepts, to the ideals of love, to eternal values . Jesus walks ahead of the twelve Red Army soldiers who are on their way from freedom “without a cross” to freedom with Christ.
Revolutionary Petersburg, in which the “universal elements” are playing out, personifies the whole of revolutionary Russia. A. Blok portrayed it as a world split in two, as a confrontation between black and white. The symbolism of color plays an important role in the poem "The Twelve": on the one hand, black wind, black sky, black malice, black rifle belts, and on the other hand, white snow, Christ in a white halo of roses. The black, evil present is opposed to the white, bright, harmonious future. The symbolism of the red color expresses the motif of a bloody crime. The red flag, on the one hand, is a symbol of the victorious end, on the other hand, a symbol of the bloody present. Colors are associated with the image of time: a black past, a bloody present and a white future.
Thanks to the system of images and symbolism in the poem "The Twelve", Blok managed to show that in the bloody present, the formation of a new person and the transition from chaos to harmony take place. This, according to the poet, is the true meaning of the revolution.
Bibliography
For the preparation of this work, materials from the site http://www.coolsoch.ru/ were used.
The poem "The Twelve" was written by A Blok in January 1918, when the October events were already over, but not enough time had passed to comprehend them and give an objective historical assessment. The revolution of 1917 swept through like a storm, like a hurricane, and it was difficult to unambiguously say what good and what bad it brought with it. It was under such a spontaneous impression that the poem “The Twelve” was written.
Bright, multi-valued images and symbols play an important role in A. Blok's poem, their semantic load is great; this allows us to more vividly present revolutionary Petersburg, revolutionary Russia, to understand the author's perception of the revolution, his thoughts and hopes. One of the main symbols of the revolution in the poem "The Twelve" is the wind, like it, it blows everything in its path.
Wind, wind! A person does not stand on his feet.
Wind, wind - In all God's world! The wind curls White snow.
Ice under the snow.
Slippery, heavy, Every walker Slips - oh, poor thing! In this part of the poem, A. Blok sought to convey to the reader the atmosphere of the time, when anyone can “slip” on the “ice” of the revolution, taken by surprise by a hurricane of change.
Another bright symbol is found in the poem - “world fire”. In the article "The Intelligentsia and the Revolution" Blok wrote that the revolution is like a natural phenomenon, a "storm whirlwind", a "snowstorm"; for him, “the scope of the Russian revolution, which wants to embrace the whole world, is this: it cherishes the hope of raising a world cyclone...”. This idea was reflected in the poem "The Twelve", where the author speaks of a "global fire" - a symbol of the universal revolution. And this “fire” is promised to be fanned by twelve Red Army soldiers: We will fan the world fire on the mountain to all bourgeois, The world fire in the blood - Lord, bless! These twelve Red Army soldiers personify the twelve apostles of the revolutionary idea. They are entrusted with a great task - to defend the revolution, although their path lies through blood, violence, cruelty. With the help of the image of twelve Red Army soldiers, Blok reveals the theme of shed blood, violence during the period of great historical changes, the theme of permissiveness. The "apostles of the revolution" are able to kill, rob, violate Christ's commandments, but without this, according to the author, it is impossible to carry out the tasks of the revolution. Blok believed that the path to a harmonious future lay through chaos and blood.
In this sense, the image of Petrukha, one of the twelve Red Army soldiers who killed Katya out of jealousy, is important. On the one hand, A. Blok shows that his villainy is quickly forgotten and justified by even greater future villainy. On the other hand, through the images of Petrukha and Katya, Blok wants to convey that, despite the ongoing important historical events, love, jealousy, passion are eternal feelings that guide human actions.
Also important in the poem "The Twelve" are the images of an old woman, a priest, a bourgeois - they are representatives of the old, obsolete world. For example, the old woman is far from the revolution, from political affairs, she does not understand the meaning of the poster “All power to the Constituent Assembly!”, She does not accept the Bolsheviks either (“Oh, the Bolsheviks will drive into a coffin!”), But the old woman believes in the Mother of God, ". For her, pressing problems are important, not revolution: On the rope - a poster: "All power to the Constituent Assembly!" The old woman is killing herself - crying, Doesn't understand what it means, What is such a poster for, Such a huge flap? How many footcloths would come out for the guys ...
The priest and the bourgeois are afraid of the consequences of the revolution, they are afraid for their fate, for the failure of their future life: The biting wind! The frost is not far behind! And the bourgeois at the crossroads hid his nose in his collar.
And there is the long-sleeved one - Sideways - behind the snowdrift ...
What is gloomy now, Comrade pop? The old, obsolete, unnecessary world in the poem is also presented as a “rootless”, “cold” dog, which barely trails behind twelve Red Army soldiers: ... Bares its teeth. - the wolf is hungry - The tail is tucked in - does not lag behind - The dog is cold - the dog is rootless .. .
In front is Jesus Christ.
The image of Christ in the poem personifies Blok's faith in overcoming bloody sin, in the outcome from the bloody present to a harmonious future. His image symbolizes not only the author’s faith in the sanctity of the tasks of the revolution, not only the justification of the “holy malice” of the revolutionary people, but also the idea of Christ accepting another human sin, the idea of forgiveness and the hope that people will come to His precepts, to the ideals of love, to eternal values . Jesus walks ahead of the twelve Red Army soldiers who are on their way from freedom “without a cross” to freedom with Christ.
Revolutionary Petersburg, in which the “universal elements” are playing out, personifies the whole of revolutionary Russia. A. Blok portrayed it as a world split in two, as a confrontation between black and white. The symbolism of color plays an important role in the poem "The Twelve": on the one hand, black wind, black sky, black malice, black rifle belts, and on the other hand, white snow, Christ in a white halo of roses. The black, evil present is opposed to the white, bright, harmonious future. The symbolism of the red color expresses the motif of a bloody crime. The red flag, on the one hand, is a symbol of the victorious end, on the other hand, a symbol of the bloody present. Colors are associated with the image of time: a black past, a bloody present and a white future.
Thanks to the system of images and symbolism in the poem "The Twelve", Blok managed to show that in the bloody present, the formation of a new person and the transition from chaos to harmony take place. This, according to the poet, is the true meaning of the revolution.
Bibliography
For the preparation of this work, materials from the site http://www.coolsoch.ru/ were used.
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