Analysis of Tolstoy's poem “That was in early spring. The poem "That was in early spring" Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy That was in early spring expressive reading

A lot of tender poems of this poet have been set to music, and they have become romances. That is what happened with this poem. Its content shows that A. K. Tolstoy was sad, but happy when he wrote these lines-memoirs.

This meeting, the date, took place in early spring, when the grass was just sprouting, the streams had already melted, it was neither hot nor sultry. When the shepherd inaudibly still played the horn, gathering the flock.

Then, in early spring, they sat together in the shade of birches, and his beloved, lowering her eyes, listened with bated breath to the poet’s ardent explanation of love for her And how beautiful the world around them was for the poet: forest, sun, youth, hopes, in a word - the whole world!

From the love and tenderness for his beloved that gripped the author, the poet ... wept. In the last lines, he regretfully recalls his bygone youth and everything that happened to him that early spring. And it does not let you forget the young fresh smell of spring birch.

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“That was in early spring…” Alexey Tolstoy

That was in early spring
The grass barely sprouted
The streams flowed, the heat did not soar,
And the green of the groves shone through;

Shepherd's trumpet in the morning
Haven't sung yet
And in curls still in the forest
There was a thin fern.

That was in early spring
In the shade of birches it was
When with a smile in front of me
You lowered your eyes.

That is in response to my love
You lowered your eyelids -
O life! oh forest! Oh the light of the sun!
O youth! oh hope!

And I cried in front of you
Looking at your face, dear, -
It was in early spring
It was in the shade of birches!

That was in the morning of our years -
Oh happiness! oh tears!
O forest! oh life! Oh the light of the sun!
O fresh spirit of the birch!

Analysis of Tolstoy's poem "That was in early spring ..."

The hero of Tolstoy's lyrics connects the image of resurrecting nature with memories of distant youth. In the work "" the state of mind is displayed, which gives rise to the sensations of the first spring warmth. Joyful excitement and cheerful dreams of youth, supported by pictures of the awakening of the living world, are replaced by sadness caused by thoughts of "former happiness".

A retrospective look at the events of youth is also presented in the poem of 1871: the depicted artistic space is separated from the position of the lyrical subject in the present.

The first quatrains, which set the meditative tone of the text, are dedicated to a landscape sketch. Zachin determines the temporal coordinates of the lyrical situation - early spring. A clearly expressed theme evokes a complex of natural images: young grass, the first greenery of trees, full-flowing streams. The original image of unfolding fern leaves, metaphorically likened to curls, stands out from the general row. Landscape dominants are also concentrated here, the structure of which is based on negation: the spring sun does not bring heat, and there are no loud sounds of a shepherd's horn.

In the third quatrain there is a smooth change of subject - from landscape to love. The effect of naturalness is provided by the first couplet containing a refrain and a line about the "shadow of birches". Describing the details of the natural world, the poet simultaneously points to spatial landmarks that serve as expressive decorations for the love scene.

In the second part of the text, the emotional intensity intensifies: the upbeat author's intonations increase to enthusiastic, expressed by a series of rhetorical exclamations. The episode is full of reminiscences from the heritage of Goethe, who turned to a similar stylistic device, depicting the spring delight of a soul in love.

The traditional, at first glance, uncomplicated dating scene informs the reader about the details of the psychological portrait of a young couple. A declaration of love has just been made, and on the stage are he, inspired, with tears of happiness in his eyes, and she, embarrassed, but meeting sincere words with a joyful smile.

Assessing the events of the past, the lyrical subject resorts to the formula “the morning of our years”, accompanying the metaphor with the already mentioned complex of exclamations. Admiration, selfless tenderness is complemented by bright sadness and regret about the past spring of life.

Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy

That was in early spring
The grass barely sprouted
The streams flowed, the heat did not soar,
And the green of the groves shone through;

Shepherd's trumpet in the morning
Haven't sung yet
And in curls still in the forest
There was a thin fern.

That was in early spring
In the shade of birches it was
When with a smile in front of me
You lowered your eyes.

That is in response to my love
You lowered your eyelids -
O life! oh forest! Oh the light of the sun!
O youth! oh hope!

And I cried in front of you
Looking at your face, dear, -
It was in early spring
It was in the shade of birches!

That was in the morning of our years -
Oh happiness! oh tears!
O forest! oh life! Oh the light of the sun!
O fresh spirit of the birch!

The hero of Tolstoy's lyrics connects the image of resurrecting nature with memories of distant youth. In the work “In the past days it happened ...” the state of the soul is displayed, which gives rise to the sensations of the first spring warmth. Joyful excitement and cheerful dreams of youth, supported by pictures of the awakening of the living world, are replaced by sadness caused by thoughts of "former happiness".

A retrospective look at the events of youth is also presented in the poem of 1871: the depicted artistic space is separated from the position of the lyrical subject in the present.

In the romance, Tchaikovsky used the techniques of dynamic rolls and combining words into single uncausal waves. The main theme of the romance, its “super task” is the joy of a new life emerging in the hero’s soul, caused by the spring awakening of nature. The elevated excitement of his spring experiences on the "morning of years" is conveyed by the rising, then falling waves of musical periods. On the crests of the waves, the leitmotif of the romance “it was ...” sounds. Already in the prelude of the romance, the theme of spring is heard - the theme of happiness. The wave of this theme, descending, is supported by a new similar counter wave, rising in a different voice towards the first wave. The singer's voice (“that was”) enters on a new crest of a wave after the spring themes, echoing and catching up with each other, fade into the romance prelude. “That was” sounds here on the rise of a musical phrase, and this phrase falls along with the words “in early spring, the grass barely sprouted.” The words of this phrase do not have a caesura (pause) separating them, they sound in a single logical stream. And then this wave breaks down into two small phrases: “the streams flowed, the heat did not soar and the greenery of the groves shone through.” The visual impressions of the hero are replaced by auditory ones. He recalls that at this time of spring, the shepherd's horn is not yet heard ("the shepherd's trumpet has not yet sung loudly in the morning"). But further, signs of early spring appear before the hero’s gaze: a curl of a thin fern, emerging grass. A new surge of enthusiastic emotions is born in his soul. Already at the words "there was a thin fern" the rise of a new musical wave to the words "it was" begins.

Everything that surrounds the hero, as if casually passes through his consciousness. Neither the curls of the fern, nor the flowing streams, nor the barely rising grass, nor the shadows of the blossoming birches firmly stop his attention. He is completely absorbed in his happiness. The beloved girl, in response to his confession, “lowered her eyelids,” that is, she reciprocated his love. He cries as he looks at her "pretty face". The whole environment is just a side theme to the main theme of his happy love. The surrounding life of nature is contemplated by him through tears of happiness. There are cries of "Oh!" (“Oh life, oh forest, oh sunshine, oh youth, oh hope!”), everything glitters and oscillates in the rays of light. This is an impressionistic musical painting, and the words of the hero "it was ..." rule over everything and contain everything.