Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) - Russian poet of the Silver Age. In poetry, Tsvetaeva wanted to be diverse, and was looking for different ways for this. More than others, she managed poems on philosophical and love topics. Her personality was mysterious - she often fell in love with both women and men. She even had a selfish need - to fall in love with herself.
In the article we have collected the most famous poems by Marina Tsvetaeva. Let's enjoy their reading by famous actresses and conduct a brief analysis of them.
10. You come, looking like me
Year of writing: 1913
This poem, like many others, was written in Koktebel when Marina Tsvetaeva visited Maximilian Voloshin (1877-1932) with her husband and daughter. Voloshin received the guests very warmly, and settled them in a separate house - the weather was thought-provoking, and the house was empty at that time.
Young Tsvetaeva (at the time of writing the poem she was 20 years old) was interested in philosophical questions, one of which was dedicated to her poem "You come like me"- about the meaning of human life.
It is worth noting that Tsvetaeva was a superstitious person and believed that life after death does not end, but is only a transition to another life. And this topic cannot upset a person only for the reason that he does not know anything about another life form. The style of the poem is light and even elegant.
9. You cannot be friends with
Year of writing: 1918
The poem "You can't be friends with me"Is dedicated to the difficult relationship between two people - a man and a woman.
From the first line you can understand that the lyrical heroine is critical of herself. The heroine compares herself to a mill whose task is to spin, and her lover to a longboat. This underlines their difference.
The heroine does not want to take love seriously, and offers not to sigh over her childhood, full of comedy. She does not want the feeling to take possession of her, therefore, she finds the only right way out - to throw out all her emotions in a notebook.
Tsvetaeva leads us to the idea that we should not make tragedies out of our love experiences, but we must live for today.
8. Yesterday I looked into my eyes
Year of writing: 1920
The poem "Yesterday I looked into my eyes"Is devoted to the difficult relationship between Tsvetaeva and Mandelstam. From the work you can understand that it was not easy for Marina Tsvetaeva to decide to remain friends, but the relationship has become obsolete.
The excitement triggers the phrase: "My dear, what have I done to you? ” The heroine of the poem does not even think about blaming her friend and does not make attempts to keep him, but she is frightened by the spiritual emptiness.
7. Distance: miles, miles
Year of writing: 1925
The meaning of the work "Distance: miles, miles»Is easiest to understand for those who know about the relationship between Tsvetaeva and Boris Pasternak. At that time, when Marina Tsvetaeva was in exile, it was hard for her. Those who fled from the crumbling Soviet Union were not close to Tsvetaeva - neither in spirit nor in creativity, but it was not possible to return back to their homeland.
Correspondence with Pasternak gave her strength, nourished her, and she wanted to continue to compose. More than 10 years of correspondence between poets proves that they were soul mates, and it hurt them to be at a distance from each other.
6. Between love and love
Year of writing: 1938
«Between love and love“Tsvetaeva wrote back in 1915, and I must say that these years were painful for her. It is interesting that when copying her poems to the clean man in 1938, Tsvetaeva transferred this poem to 1916 to the month of January, opening them the next year.
She changed the first lines in it. With this, Tsvetaeva directed the poem into the future, as it were, giving the words on the topic of love an expanded meaning: the poet becomes Crucified between earthly and divine love.
5. How many of them fell into this abyss
Year of writing: 1913
Through the poem "Oh how many of them fell into this abyss”, Written in the spirit of philosophical lyrics, Tsvetaeva metaphorically expressed her secret thoughts and experiences tormenting the soul.
In her work, she says that nothing is permanent, everything has an end. "The day will come"When the poetess herself will have to say goodbye to the world, disappear from the surface of the Earth ... But the world will not change from this, on the contrary, it will only become more dynamic.
Lines: "And there will be life ... And there was no me!"They say that Tsvetaeva thought about death, that one day she would have to give it to the earth "debt". To enhance expressiveness, the poetess uses a literary device - contrast, trying to achieve the image of beauty against the backdrop of a terrible and terrible future.
4. I will recapture you from all lands, from all heaven
Year of writing: 1916
In her poem, Marina Tsvetaeva described an avalanche of feelings that can tear down everything that comes in her way. It expresses the poetess's appeal to the whole world. The cry that violated her harmony is due to the manifestations of the surging feelings on her.
In the poem "I will win you from all the lands, from all the heavens» it clearly reflects her belief that one needs to live, overcoming all the obstacles that come in the way, and on the other hand, one can notice the excessive vulnerability of the heroine of the work.
3. I like that you are not sick with me
Year of writing: 1915
This poem, as it turned out with the help of Tsvetaeva’s sister, was written about Mauritius Mintz. The young man, who became the second husband of the poet’s sister, ended up in the Tsvetaev’s house, and spent a lot of time with Anastasia. However, Marina Tsvetaeva, too, could not resist his charms. The man was enthusiastic about her talent, but that was all. As a woman, the poetess did not attract him.
Love was not mutual, but found expression in a beautiful poem "I like that you are not sick with me”, Which was presented to us by Marina Tsvetaeva.
The sisters had no habit of hiding something from each other, and they both loved the same man. There are lines in the poem that she is not ill with him, but this is contrary to reality. In fact, Tsvetaeva would like to experience the exciting moments of love with him, but this was impossible.
2. Your name is a bird in your hand
Year of writing: 1916
«Your name is a bird in your hand"Is a message: a lyric poem is addressed to a specific person. Often you can read the word "your", which is characteristic of the message genre.
The poem is a direct response to the work of Alexander Blok, and expresses the attitude of Marina Tsvetaeva to his lyrics. Tsvetaeva highly valued Blok as a poet, and loved him.
Using unexpected comparisons, the poetess emphasizes the originality of Blok's lyrics, his originality, which was her standard.
1. I repeat the first verse
Year of writing: 1941
Perhaps Marina Tsvetaeva was the muse and love of Tarkovsky, but he did not tell anyone about the secrets that kept his heart. Tsvetaeva had one peculiarity - she remembered other people's poems from the first lines.
One day, Arseny Tarkovsky read to her a poem dedicated to the departed and dear to his heart people. Tsvetaeva wrote a response poem "I repeat the first verse».
However, she did not understand (or refused to understand) that Maria, the deceased beloved of Tarkovsky, came to Tarkovsky for dinner. Perhaps, knowing about this circumstance, there were no response lines that sounded like hope for a turn of something more beautiful in their relationship.