Through the wavy mists
The moon creeps in
To the sad meadows
She sheds a sad light.On the winter, boring road
Three greyhounds are running,
Single bell
It rattles tiresomely.Something sounds familiar
In the coachman's long songs:
That reckless revelry
That's heartbreak...No fire, no black house...
Wilderness and snow... Towards me
Only miles are striped
They come across one.Bored, sad... Tomorrow, Nina,
Tomorrow, returning to my dear,
I'll forget myself by the fireplace,
I'll take a look without looking at it.The hour hand sounds loud
He will make his measuring circle,
And, removing the annoying ones,
Midnight will not separate us.It’s sad, Nina: my path is boring,
My driver fell silent from his doze,
The bell is monotonous,
The moon's face is clouded.
Date of creation: November-December 1826
Analysis of Pushkin's poem "Winter Road"
Alexander Pushkin is one of the few Russian poets who, in his works, managed to masterfully convey his own feelings and thoughts, drawing a surprisingly subtle parallel with the surrounding nature. An example of this is the poem “Winter Road,” written in 1826 and, according to many researchers of the poet’s work, dedicated to his distant relative, Sofia Fedorovna Pushkina.
This poem has a rather sad backstory.. Few people know that the poet was connected with Sofia Pushkina not only by family ties, but also by a very romantic relationship. In the winter of 1826, he proposed to her, but was refused. Therefore, it is likely that in the poem “Winter Road” the mysterious stranger Nina, to whom the poet addresses, is the prototype of his beloved. The journey itself described in this work is nothing more than Pushkin’s visit to his chosen one in order to resolve the issue of marriage.
From the first lines of the poem “Winter Road” it becomes clear that the poet is by no means in a rosy mood. Life seems to him dull and hopeless, like the “sad meadows” through which a carriage drawn by three horses rushes on a winter night. The gloominess of the surrounding landscape is consonant with the feelings experienced by Alexander Pushkin. The dark night, the silence, occasionally broken by the ringing of a bell and the dull song of the coachman, the absence of villages and the eternal companion of wanderings - striped milestones - all this makes the poet fall into a kind of melancholy. It is likely that the author anticipates the collapse of his matrimonial hopes in advance, but does not want to admit it to himself. For him the image of a beloved is a happy release from a tedious and boring journey. “Tomorrow, when I return to my sweetheart, I will forget myself by the fireplace,” the poet dreams hopefully, hoping that the final goal will more than justify the long night journey and will allow him to fully enjoy peace, comfort and love.
The poem “Winter Road” also has a certain hidden meaning. Describing his journey, Alexander Pushkin compares it with his own life, which, in his opinion, is just as boring, dull and joyless. Only a few events bring variety to it, like the way the coachman’s songs, daring and sad, burst into the silence of the night. However, these are only short moments that are not capable of changing life as a whole, giving it sharpness and fullness of sensations.
We should also not forget that by 1826 Pushkin was already an accomplished, mature poet, but his literary ambitions were not fully satisfied. He dreamed of great fame, but in the end, high society actually turned away from him not only because of freethinking, but also due to his unbridled love of gambling. It is known that by this time the poet had managed to squander the rather modest fortune he had inherited from his father, and hoped to improve his financial affairs through marriage. It is possible that Sofya Feodorovna still had warm and tender feelings for her distant relative, but the fear of ending her days in poverty forced the girl and her family to reject the poet’s offer.
Probably, the upcoming matchmaking and the expectation of refusal became the reason for such a gloomy mood in which Alexander Pushkin was during the trip and created one of the most romantic and sad poems, “Winter Road,” filled with sadness and hopelessness. And also the belief that perhaps he will be able to break out of the vicious circle and change his life for the better.
Epithets, metaphors, personifications
The text contains the following means of artistic expression:
- personifications - “the moon makes its way, shedding light”, “removing the boring (annoying, unnecessary) ones, midnight ... will not separate”, “sad meadows” - allow the author to “construct” the interlocutor during a long boring journey, giving the text liveliness and imagery;
- epithets - “greyhound (frisky) troika”, “daring revelry”, “heartfelt melancholy”, “striped miles”, “measured circle”, “lunar face” - create a unique content and orient the reader to a special emotional perception;
- metaphors - “light is pouring”, “the face is foggy” - vividly create an indefinite atmosphere of a moonlit evening;
- Numerous examples of inversion - “the moon is making its way, pouring ... its light”, “something familiar is heard”, “miles are striped”, “hour hand”, “my path is boring”, “my circle”, “the coachman fell silent” - allow you to build rhyme and focus on the final word;
- catachresis (a combination of words that are incompatible in meaning, but form a semantic whole) “pours sadly” confirms that everything in the poem is permeated with sadness, even the light;
- polyunion - “now revelry, now melancholy...”, “no fire, no... hut” - reflect the contradictory mood of the lyrical hero, his ardent desire for human communication;
- lexical repetition - “Tomorrow, Nina, tomorrow to my dear...” - reflects the poet’s impatience;
- antonyms - “revelry - melancholy”;
- Numerous omissions - “wilderness and snow...”, “... only miles and miles are found...”, “Boring, sad...” speak of the despair that gripped the lonely traveler, his search for consolation and sympathy.
- The oxymoron - “I’ll just stare at it” - reflects the strength of the lyrical hero’s feelings.
The phrase “striped versts” denotes mileposts, which were painted striped to stand out among the snowdrifts.
The text contains a sign of high style - the word “face”. The overall painful atmosphere is created by numerous repetitions - “she sheds a sad light on the sad meadows,” “longing,” “boring, sad...”, “sad, ... my path is boring.” The lonely traveler's dreams of warmth, comfort, the crackle of a fireplace and pleasant company are interrupted by the same ringing of the hated bell.
Through the wavy mists
The moon creeps in
To the sad meadows
She sheds a sad light.
On the winter, boring road
Three greyhounds are running,
Single bell
It rattles tiresomely.
Something sounds familiar
In the coachman's long songs:
That reckless revelry
That's heartbreak...
No fire, no black house,
Wilderness and snow... Towards me
Only miles are striped
They come across one...
Bored, sad... Tomorrow, Nina,
Returning to my dear tomorrow,
I'll forget myself by the fireplace,
I'll take a look without looking at it.
The hour hand sounds loud
He will make his measuring circle,
And, removing the annoying ones,
Midnight will not separate us.
It’s sad, Nina: my path is boring,
My driver fell silent from his doze,
The bell is monotonous,
The moon's face is clouded.
Analysis of the poem “Winter Road” by Pushkin
A. S. Pushkin was one of the first among Russian poets to successfully combine landscape lyrics with personal feelings and experiences in his works. An example of this is the famous poem “Winter Road”. It was written by the poet during a trip to the Pskov province (late 1826).
The poet was recently released from exile, so he is in a sad mood. Many former acquaintances turned their backs on him; his freedom-loving poems are not popular in society. In addition, Pushkin is experiencing significant financial difficulties. The nature surrounding the poet is also depressing. The author is not at all happy about the winter trip, even the usually cheerful and encouraging “bell... rattles tiresomely.” The coachman's mournful songs exacerbate the poet's sadness. They represent a purely Russian original combination of “daring revelry” with “heartfelt melancholy.”
The endless Russian versts, marked by wayposts, are tiresomely monotonous. It seems that they can last a lifetime. The poet feels the immensity of his country, but this does not bring him joy. A weak light seems to be the only salvation in the impenetrable darkness.
The author indulges in dreams of the end of the journey. The image of the mysterious Nina appears, to whom he goes. Researchers have not come to a consensus on who Pushkin means. Some believe that this is a distant acquaintance of the poet S. Pushkin, with whom he was associated love relationship. In any case, the author is warmed by the memories of the woman. He imagines a hot fireplace, an intimate setting and privacy with his beloved.
Returning to reality, the poet sadly notes that the boring road tired even the coachman, who fell asleep and left his master completely alone.
In a sense, Pushkin’s “winter road” can be compared with his own fate. The poet acutely felt his loneliness; he found practically no support or sympathy for his views. The desire for high ideals is an eternal movement across the vast Russian expanses. Temporary stops along the way can be considered numerous romance novels Pushkin. They were never long, and the poet was forced to continue his tedious journey in search of the ideal.
In a broader sense, the poem symbolizes the general historical path of Russia. The Russian troika is a traditional image of Russian literature. Many poets and writers, following Pushkin, used it as a symbol of national destiny.
Write down phrases with definitions and circumstances. The moon makes its way through the wavy fogs, it pours a sad light onto the sad meadows. FromAn inspired magician comes towards him in the dark forest. I'm sitting behind bars in a damp dungeon. Three greyhounds are running along the boring winter road. The monotonous bell rattles tiresomely.
Indicate gender, number, case and endings of adjectives. Provide adverbs. The moon makes its way through the wavy fogs, pours sadly into the sad meadowsshe is light. Along the winter, boring road, Three greyhounds are running, The monotonous bell is rattling tiresomely.
Fill in the missing punctuation marks in non-union complex sentences.A. The world opened up to her in its hidden sound(?) rustling in the windleaves, a continuous hum floated from the thickets, a cuckoo was counting the years of someone.B. The black dog Arapka refused to go today(?), worn out by the heat, lay in the shade of the veranda and did not move.V. The moon (?) makes its way through the wavy fogs and sheds a sad light on the sad meadows.G. Let him not know how to serve(?) He knows how to worship.D. The service of the muses does not tolerate vanity(?); the beautiful must be majestic.E. It wasn’t his wounds that tormented him(?), it was the consciousness of his uselessness that irritated him. The snowstorm did not subside(?) The sky did not clear.Z. Science must be loved(?) People do not have a more powerful and victorious force.I. When you part a thicket of bushes or a canopy of grass (?) with your hands, the smell of fresh dampness hits your face. K. The boys did not sleep for a long time (?) Everyone was excited by the old man’s story.
1. Indicate the correct morphological characteristics of the word INTRIGUING from the sentence.
One of the most intriguing mysteries of the Universe - how stars were born in galaxies - may have been resolved.
A) active participle
B) passive participle
B) verbal adjective
D) perfect participle
2. Indicate the correct morphological characteristic of the word ROTATING from the sentence:
The discovered disk, rotating around a young pulsar, which is located 100 thousand light years from Earth, shines with a matte light.
A) participle
B) adverb
IN) short participle
D) passive participle
3. Indicate the correct morphological characteristics of the word FOCUSED from the sentence:
The Earth has electric field, the positive charge of which is concentrated in the lower layers of the atmosphere, and the negative charge in the upper part of the earth's crust.
A) short adjective
B) passive participle
B) adverb
D) participle
4. In which sentence can the subordinate part of a complex sentence not be replaced by a participial phrase?
A) The living room was entered from the corridor, which ended at the entrance to the kitchen.
B) Yegorushka, suffocating from the heat, which was especially felt now after eating, ran to the sedge and from here looked around the area.
C) The huge house in which Gray was born was gloomy inside and majestic outside.
D) When Nikita returned home alone, the moon stood high in the sky, illuminating the fields with a pale blue light.
5. In which sentence can the subordinate part of a complex sentence not be replaced by a participial phrase?
A) The event in question has already become a legend.
B) Three poplars that grew on the edge of the field turned into huge giants.
C) He noticed in jars of water on the windows bouquets of white and tender daffodils, which were bending over on their bright green, plump and long stems with a strong fragrant smell.
D) The foreigner looked around at the tall houses that bordered the pond in a square.
6. In which sentence cannot the subordinate part of a complex sentence be replaced by a participial phrase?
A) We looked with sincere admiration at Tikhaya Bay, which looked like a mirror dish.
B) Styopka wanted to find a true friend who would not abandon him in any trouble.
C) I see black flocks of birds flying to distant lands.
D) On the shore, which emerged from the fog, we saw a small figure.
7. In what sentence can the subordinate part of a complex sentence not be replaced by a participial phrase?
A) In the trash that was thrown out of the room, there were several copper coins, very green.
B) The artists who were not busy that evening gathered in the house of the hero of the day and staged a real celebration.
Q) Why do I see stars that shine so brightly in the black and blue Bulgarian sky?
D) I once read an article that described the history of a rare stamp.
8. Indicate the grammatically correct continuation of the sentence.
Having made a name for itself through disease research and vaccine use,
A) I have developed wonderful relationships with all the scientists.
B) it contributed to the spread and development of science.
C) the scientist Louis Pasteur remained a very modest man.
D) additional financial resources are needed
9. Indicate the grammatically correct continuation of the sentence.
When starting to write an essay-reasoning for the Unified State Exam,
B) carefully, thoughtfully read the source text.
C) the problem is often formulated inaccurately and incorrectly.
D) the commentary on the formulated problem is ignored.
10. Indicate the grammatically correct continuation of the sentence.
Reading about the sufferings of Bruno and Galileo,
A) the dogma about the existence of only one world was anathematized.
C) the doctrine of the infinity of the Universe will never be forgotten.
D) the tragedy of scientists still haunts researchers of their lives.
11. Indicate the grammatically correct continuation of the sentence.
Traveling through the endless Far Eastern taiga,
B) a description of the relief of Primorye and the Sikhote-Alin mountain system is given.
C) geographer V. Arsenyev studied the rich flora and fauna of this region.
D) it’s already dark.
12. Choose the grammatically correct continuation of the sentence.
Seeing the blue Earth and a completely black sky through the porthole,
A) there is a desire to protect her from any troubles.
B) the astronaut had no equal.
C) the astronaut was overcome with joyful excitement.
D) the astronaut froze in fascination.
Few poets managed to harmoniously intertwine personal feelings and thoughts with descriptions of nature. If you read the poem “Winter Road” by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin thoughtfully, you can understand that the melancholy notes are associated not only with the author’s personal experiences.
The poem was written in 1826. A year has passed since the Decembrist uprising. Among the revolutionaries there were many friends of Alexander Sergeevich. Many of them were executed, some were exiled to the mines. Around this time, the poet wooed his distant relative, S.P. Pushkina, but is refused.
This lyrical work, which is taught in a literature lesson in the fourth grade, can be called philosophical. From the first lines it is clear that the author is by no means in a rosy mood. Pushkin loved winter, but the road he has to travel now is bleak. The sad moon illuminates the sad meadows with its dim light. The lyrical hero does not notice the beauty of sleeping nature; the dead winter silence seems ominous to him. Nothing pleases him, the sound of the bell seems dull, and in the coachman’s song one can hear melancholy, consonant with the traveler’s gloomy mood.
Despite the sad motives, the text of Pushkin’s poem “Winter Road” cannot be called completely melancholic. According to researchers of the poet’s work, Nina, to whom the lyrical hero mentally addresses himself, is the chosen one of Alexander Sergeevich’s heart, Sofya Pushkin. Despite her refusal, the poet in love does not lose hope. After all, Sofia Pavlovna’s refusal was associated only with fear of a miserable existence. The desire to see his beloved, to sit next to her by the fireplace gives the hero strength to continue his joyless journey. Passing the “striped miles” that remind him of the fickleness of fate, he hopes that his life will soon change for the better.
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Through the wavy mists
The moon creeps in
To the sad meadows
She sheds a sad light.
On the winter, boring road
Three greyhounds are running,
Single bell
It rattles tiresomely.
Something sounds familiar
In the coachman's long songs:
That reckless revelry
That's heartbreak...
No fire, no black house...
Wilderness and snow... Towards me
Only miles are striped
They come across one.
Bored, sad... Tomorrow, Nina,
Tomorrow, returning to my dear,
I'll forget myself by the fireplace,
I'll take a look without looking at it.
The hour hand sounds loud
He will make his measuring circle,
And, removing the annoying ones,
Midnight will not separate us.
It’s sad, Nina: my path is boring,
My driver fell silent from his doze,
The bell is monotonous,
The moon's face is clouded.
The moon makes its way through the wavy fogs, It pours a sad light onto the sad meadows. Along the winter, boring road, Three greyhounds are running, The monotonous bell is rattling tiresomely. Something familiar is heard in the long songs of the coachman: That daring revelry, That heartfelt melancholy... No fire, no black hut... Wilderness and snow... Towards me Only striped miles come across one. Boring, sad... Tomorrow, Nina, Tomorrow, when I return to my dear one, I will forget myself by the fireplace, I’ll take a long look. The hour hand will make its measured circle with a resounding sound, And, removing the annoying ones, Midnight will not separate us. It’s sad, Nina: my path is boring, my driver has fallen silent from his doze, the bell is monotonous, the moon’s face is foggy.
The verse was written in December 1826, when Pushkin’s friends, participants in the Decembrist uprising, were executed or exiled, and the poet himself was in exile in Mikhailovskoye. Pushkin's biographers claim that the verse was written about the poet's trip to the Pskov governor for an inquiry.
The theme of the verse is much deeper than just the image of a winter road. The image of a road is an image of a person’s life path. The world of winter nature is empty, but the road is not lost, but marked with miles:
No fire, no black house...
Wilderness and snow... Towards me
Only miles are striped
They come across one.
The path of the lyrical hero is not easy, but, despite the sad mood, the work is full of hope for the best. Life is divided into black and white stripes, like mileposts. The poetic image of “striped miles” is a poetic symbol that personifies the “striped” life of a person. The author moves the reader’s gaze from heaven to earth: “along the winter road”, “the troika is running”, “the bell ... is rattling”, the coachman’s songs. In the second and third stanzas, the author twice uses words of the same root (“Sad”, “sad”), which help to understand the traveler’s state of mind. Using alliteration, the poet depicts a poetic image of artistic space - sad meadows. While reading the poem, we hear the ringing of a bell, the creaking of runners in the snow, and the song of the coachman. The coachman's long song means long, long-sounding. The rider is sad and sad. And the reader is not happy. The coachman’s song embodies the basic state of the Russian soul: “daring revelry,” “heartfelt melancholy.” Drawing nature, Pushkin depicts the inner world of the lyrical hero. Nature relates to human experiences. In a short segment of text, the poet uses ellipses four times - The poet wants to convey the sadness of the rider. There is something left unsaid in these lines. Maybe a person traveling in a wagon does not want to share his sadness with anyone. Night landscape: black huts, wilderness, snow, striped mileposts. Throughout nature there is cold and loneliness. The friendly light in the window of the hut, which can shine for a lost traveler, does not burn. Black huts are without fire, but “black” is not only a color, but also evil, unpleasant moments in life. The last stanza is again sad and boring. The driver fell silent, only the “monotonous” bell sounded. The technique of a ring composition is used: “the moon is making its way” - “the lunar face is foggy.” But the long road has a pleasant final goal - a meeting with your beloved:
Bored, sad... Tomorrow, Nina,
Returning to my dear tomorrow,
I'll forget myself by the fireplace,
I can't stop looking at it.