Fet is sad. Afanasy Fet - Sad Birch: Verse

06.03.2022

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet

sad birch
By my window
And the whim of frost
She is torn apart.

Like bunches of grapes
The ends of the branches hang, -
And joyful to look at
All mourning attire.

I love the daylight game
I notice on her
And I'm sorry if the birds
Shake off the beauty of the branches.

Birch is one of the most common images of Russian landscape lyrics. In addition, it is considered the most important symbol of our country. There are many folk beliefs associated with this tree, both positive and negative. According to some traditions, birch could act as a protector from evil spirits. According to other beliefs, mermaids and devils settled in its branches. In pre-Christian times, the symbolism associated with birch was found not only among the Slavs, but also among the Celts, Scandinavians, and Finno-Ugric peoples. In most cases, they associated the plant with the transition from spring to summer. In a broader sense, it became a symbol of death and subsequent resurrection.

The poem "The Sad Birch" was created in 1842. It refers to the early period of Fet's work. The work is a small landscape sketch, consisting of only three quatrains. The poet depicts a birch that grows under the window of the lyrical hero, while endowing it with the epithet "sad". Perhaps the choice of the adjective is due to the fact that the tree is described in winter. Deprived of leaves or earrings, it seems to die. At the same time, the mourning attire of the plant impresses the lyrical hero. He likes branches strewn with snow. It seems that the arrival of spring will not be joyful for him, when the tree will be reborn and throw off its white dress. Most likely, the sad birch is close to the lyrical hero because of his own state of mind. This gives the miniature a touch of tragedy.

The work sounds solemn, sublime, which is achieved through the exact selection of vocabulary. Fet uses the obsolete word dennitsa, denoting the last "morning star", the planet Venus. Also in the final stanza, the noun “beauty” is used (meaning “beauty”). In the first quatrain there is a passive participle "disassembled".

Fet's poem is often compared with Yesenin's famous work "Birch", written in 1913. Both poets depict a winter birch. But in Sergei Alexandrovich she appears in the form of a bride, and Afanasy Afanasyevich practically dresses her in a funeral shroud. In addition, in Fet's "Sad Birch" the position of the lyrical hero is more clearly expressed. In Yesenin, he is indirectly present only at the beginning. What unites the two works? First of all - the endless love for the motherland, which the poets were able to convey.

sad birch
By my window
And the whim of frost
She is torn apart.

Like bunches of grapes
The ends of the branches hang, -
And joyful to look at
All mourning attire.

I love the daylight game
I notice on her
And I'm sorry if the birds
Shake off the beauty of the branches.

Analysis of Fet's poem "Sad birch ..."

The poem "A sad birch ..." was created in 1842. It refers to the early period of Fet's work. The work is a small landscape sketch, consisting of only three quatrains. The poet depicts a birch that grows under the window of the lyrical hero, while endowing it with the epithet "sad". Perhaps the choice of the adjective is due to the fact that the tree is described in winter. Deprived of leaves or earrings, it seems to die. At the same time, the mourning attire of the plant impresses the lyrical hero. He likes branches strewn with snow. It seems that the arrival of spring will not be joyful for him, when the tree will be reborn and throw off its white dress. Most likely, the sad birch is close to the lyrical hero because of his own state of mind. This gives the miniature a touch of tragedy.

Fet's poem is often compared with a well-known work written in 1913. Both poets depict a winter birch. But in Sergei Alexandrovich she appears in the form of a bride, and Afanasy Afanasyevich practically dresses her in a funeral shroud. In addition, in Fet's "Sad Birch" the position of the lyrical hero is more clearly expressed. In Yesenin, he is indirectly present only at the beginning. What unites the two works? First of all - the endless love for the motherland, which the poets were able to convey.

Lesson Objectives:

1) teach children to compare poetic texts;
2) to promote the formation of the ability to use the expressive means of the language to create an artistic image;
3) to cultivate love for nature, for the native land.

Equipment: portraits of S. Yesenin, A. Fet, illustrations, texts of poems

During the classes

1. Opening remarks.

I want to start the lesson with a riddle.

There is a tree about four things:
The first thing is to illuminate the world,
Another thing is to appease the world,
The third thing is to heal the sick,
The fourth thing is to maintain cleanliness.

Do you know riddles, poems about birch?(on the projector)

All these verses and riddles remind us that the birch is the most beloved tree of the Russian people and one of the most revered among the Slavs.

Today in the lesson we will work on the study of two texts. This is a poem by S. Yesenin “Birch” and A. Fet “Sad Birch”

Our task is to find out what language means poets use to create an artistic image and express their feelings;

Comparing them, find what is common in these poems and what is their difference.

So, we have two poems (on the projector). Portraits of poets.

White birch
under my window
covered with snow
Exactly silver.

sad birch
at my window
And the whim of frost
She is torn apart.

On fluffy branches
snow border
Brushes blossomed
White fringe.

Like bunches of grapes
The ends of the branches hang, -
And joyful to look at
Their mourning attire.

And there is a birch
In sleepy silence
And the snowflakes are burning
In golden fire

I love the daylight game
I notice on her
And I'm sorry if the birds
Shake off the beauty from the branches.

A dawn, lazy
Walking around,
Sprinkles branches
New silver.

Read the poems out loud.

What's the theme?

- Birch tree;
- human and nature;
- the relationship between man and nature.

It is revealed on a specific example of the artistic image of a birch and the feelings of a lyrical hero.

Read the statement by N.V. Gogol. (On the projector)

…man walks alongside nature, with the seasons, an accomplice and interlocutor of everything that happens in creation.

- Comment on it in connection with these poems.

Notice the first two lines of the poem.

The word of what part of speech testifies to the empathy of the lyrical hero, about his involvement?

- possessive pronoun my

Which poem contains a personal pronoun?
Why do you think?

- It gives a touch of sincerity, excitement, expressiveness

Both poets begin the poem with an adjective defining the noun Birch tree.

Yesenin has "white" - a color epithet. Fet “sad” is an epithet for a subjective assessment.

- White color in the old days was identified with the divine. In ancient monuments adjective White meant participation in God: a white angel, white robes, white robes of saints ...

What feelings does the image of a white birch evoke in you?

- The image of a white birch evokes a feeling of joy, shining light, purity, the beginning of a new life ...

- She appears before us light, graceful, blinding whiteness ...

Teacher: It is very important that it is with these epithets that the disclosure of the artistic image of the winter birch begins, because each word of the poet carries a certain semantic load.

... In every word there is an abyss of space, every word is immense ... N.V. Gogol.

(On the projector)

Name the verb forms in the first quatrains that work to create the image.

- What is the difference? Comment.

Yesenin creates, as it were, a living image of a birch tree, in many ways similar to a woman. In one of her movements one can guess both the desire to be beautiful, and the desire to hide, to preserve what is hidden inside.

You can pick up a contextual synonym - dressed up

What does the short form of the participle “disassembled” mean?

A whim is a capricious desire, a whim.

- What lines convince us that, unlike Yesenin's coquettish beauty, Feta's birch is sad, she is not happy with her winter outfit?

And joyful to look at
All mourning attire.

The use of the short form is not accidental. It testifies to a variable, changeable sign in time. Short form gives special expression

Do birches differ in mood?

Yesenin has a coquettish beauty, light, graceful.

Fet is sad, she is not happy with the winter outfit

– What paths help to see the beauty of the winter attire of birches?

- Comparisons.

Yesenin - “like silver”, “white fringe”

Fet - “like bunches of grapes”

- Epithets:

So, nature is beautiful at any time of the year. And the mood of the lyrical hero Yesenin is consonant with the mood of the winter birch. The mood of peace, silence, tranquility.

What other image appears in the poems?

- It sets off the beauty of birches.

- Zarya-dennitsa (obsolete, bookish, poet.)

What lines of Yesenin can explain Fet’s metaphor “the game of the daylighter”

I love the daylight game
I notice on her

– Why is this game taking place in “sleepy silence”?

K. Paustovsky writes interestingly about this phenomenon:

... Next to the lightning, in the same poetic row, the word “dawn” is one of the most beautiful words in the Russian language. This word is never spoken out loud. It is impossible even to imagine that it could be shouted. Because it is akin to that settled silence of the night, when a clear and faint blue is occupied over the thickets of a village garden. “Unsightly”, as they say about this time of day among the people.

So:

What do these two poems have in common? (artistic image of a birch).
And what is the difference?
What helps the poet to reveal the image? (artistic and visual means of language).

Output:

The same phenomenon of nature is perceived by each poet in his own way, evoking different associations and feelings. To reveal the same image, poets use their own unique linguistic means.

Try to guess what epithets A. Prokofiev picked up in the poem "Birch".

On the projector:

I love Russian birch
That ……… , then ………. ,
In a bleached sarafan,
FROM. ............. fasteners,
FROM ………… earrings.
I love her elegant
………… , invisible.
That clear, seething ,
That ………., ………… .
I love Russian birch
Either bright or sad
In a bleached sarafan,
With handkerchiefs in pockets
With beautiful clasps
With green earrings.
I love her elegant
Native, invisible.
That clear, seething ,
That sad, crying.

(A. Prokofiev)

The word "birch" in the common sense means a tree. But in poetic speech it takes on a different meaning. This is the image of the Motherland, and the image of a Russian woman, the image of Russian nature.

Imagine yourself as an artist.

Leonardo da Vinci said: "Painting is poetry that is seen but not heard, and poetry is painting that is heard but not seen."

With what colors would you try to present the picture depicted with the help of the word in the poems of Fet, Yesenin?

- bright, white, blue, silver ...

Pay attention to the reproduction of the painting by Ignatius Emmanuilovich Grabar “February Blue”.

Was the artist able to convey the mood, the feeling of joy, happiness from contemplating the birch with paints?

The means of creating an artistic image for a poet and an artist may be different, but they are united by the ability to see the unusual in the ordinary, the beautiful in the ordinary.

I felt the same desire to present the same phenomenon in my own way, to see “my” birch, to express my feelings, associations I felt in your answers that you worked on in today's lesson.

5.

D/z: learn by heart or compose a poem about a birch yourself.

(1820-1892)

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet is one of the most inspired singers of Russian nature. He was born in the estate of Novoselki in the Oryol region (Russia) in the family of a wealthy landowner A. Shenshin. His education was carried out by half-educated seminarians 1 . However, in the German boarding school, where the future poet was sent to study, thanks to his abilities and diligence, he quickly made up for lost time. At this time, the young man begins to write poetry. After graduating from the boarding school, A. Fet brilliantly passes exams at Moscow University in the verbal department.

Despite numerous blows of fate, the poet manages to maintain a joyful and bright view of the world - full of delight, amazed by its beauty. The main mood of A. Fet's poetry is the mood of spiritual uplift.

The poetic landscapes of A. Fet unusually subtly reveal the various shades of human experiences. He knows how to capture and translate into images even fleeting movements that are difficult to designate and convey in words. A feature of the lyrics of A. Fet is the fact that poetic descriptions of nature are combined with an impeccable knowledge of her life. The poet's verses visibly represent the nature of central Russia. It is thanks to this combination that the poet creates amazing works that amaze the reader with their emotionality and accuracy of observations.

1 Seminarian, a student of a spiritual (theological) educational institution.

Butterfly

You're right. One aerial outline

I'm so sweet

All my velvet with its live blinking -

Only two wings.

Don't ask: where did it come from?

Where am I in a hurry?

Here on a flower I lightly sank

And here I am breathing.

How long, without purpose, without effort,

Do you want to breathe?

Right now, sparkling, I will spread my wings

Questions and tasks

1. On whose behalf is the poem written? Do you know other works written on behalf of animals, insects, living and inanimate objects?

2. How would you characterize a butterfly? What words and expressions from the text do you use for this?

3. Read the poem aloud so as to convey the character of the butterfly, the intonation of its "speech".

4. The butterfly is depicted by the poet as a living being capable of feeling and thinking. What do you think, is there a connection between the image of a butterfly and the fragile insecurity of the beauty of the natural world?

Spring rain

Still light in front of the window,

In the breaks of the clouds the sun shines,

And the sparrow with its wing,

Bathing in the sand, it trembles.

And from heaven to earth,

Swaying, the curtain moves,

And as if in golden dust

Behind it is the edge of the forest.

Two drops splashed into the glass

From lindens it pulls with fragrant honey,

And something came to the garden

Drumming on fresh leaves.

1. Have you ever watched rain coming? Reread the poem "Spring Rain" and say if your observations of nature coincide with the author's.

2. What mood is the poem filled with? Does rain always cause such emotions?

3. The poem vividly presents a picture of spring rain - warm and festive. Track the details with which the author shows his approach. What details tell you that this is "blind" rain?

4. In the text of the poem, the poet does not directly name colors and paints. Read the poem carefully and name the colors with which the verbal landscape is drawn.

5. What smells are filled with spring nature? What smells does the author write about, and which ones can you learn from your experience and complete the picture?

6. Find epithets in this poem and determine their purpose. Pay attention to the epithet golden - it has already been found in poems about nature. What is the peculiarity of its use by A. Fet?

8. Read the poem expressively, while trying to convey your mood caused by it.

9. Orally describe the drawings you would draw for this poem. Do not forget about the rainbow - it usually ends with a "blind" rain. Perhaps your observations of nature will complete the picture of a summer rain.

sad birch

By my window

And the whim of frost

She is torn apart.

Like bunches of grapes

The ends of the branches hang, -

And joyful to look at

All mourning attire.

I love the daylight game

I notice on her

And I'm sorry if the birds

Shake off the beauty of the branches.

1 Dennitsa (traditional poet) - morning dawn.

1. Read expressively the poem "Sad birch ...". What mood does it create?

2. Compare the titles of two poems about winter nature: "The Enchantress in Winter" and "The Sad Birch ...". Which of them indicates the feelings and experiences of the author himself?

Birch tree? Is she really sad, or is that how the poet sees her? Justify your opinion based on the text.

4. From time immemorial, the white color in Russia was considered the color of memory and oblivion, that is, mourning. Is he such for a poet? Suggest your answer or choose one of the answers.

And the poet watches the birch constantly, he knows that in the spring she will come to life, and her beauty will be different. Therefore, the mourning attire is only white, and not a sign of death. B the birch is covered with hoarfrost - this is very beautiful, but at the first rays of the sun the hoarfrost will melt or it will be knocked down by birds. The poet admires the winter birch, but at the same time he is sad, thinking about the fragility of her beauty.

5. Doesn't it seem strange to you to compare the winter branches of a birch with summer bunches of grapes? What do you think the author meant by this?

6. In what words does the poet express his attitude to the beauty of nature, kinship with it?

7. What game does the poet write about?

8. Have you ever seen how beautifully frost or snow sparkles under the sun? Tell about it. Are your observations similar to the images of A. Fet's poem?

Igor Grabar painted the picture “February Blue” in the winter-spring of 1904. The artist admitted more than once that of all the trees in central Russia, he loves birch most of all, and among birches - “weeping”.

And indeed, in the "February Blue" birch is the only artistic image on the canvas. In the very form of this tree, in the ability

to see her charm in the general structure of the Russian landscape, the joyful perception of the nature of the Russian region by the artist affected.

Consider carefully the reproduction of I. Grabar's painting "February Blue" and compare it with A. Fet's poem "The Sad Birch". Find common and different.

Compare the attitude of A. Fet and I. Grabar to nature, answering the questions: the landscape of which part of Russia they sing, is there a similarity in the depiction of the image of a birch by the poet and artist, what kind of birch does I. Grabar love, what is common in the emotional attitude towards nature A. Fet and I. Grabar.

In P. Tchaikovsky's piano cycle "The Seasons" one of the pieces is called "On the Troika". Listen to a piece of music. Against the background of a sad melody, try to hear the cheerful chime of bells, the echoes of a wild folk song.

Compare A. Fet's poems with a musical play. What unites them and what is the difference? Does the music match the mood of the poem? Which one is more and why?

I came to you with greetings

Say that the sun has risen

What is hot light

The sheets fluttered;

Tell that the forest woke up

All woke up, each branch,

Startled by every bird

And full of spring thirst;

Tell that with the same passion

Like yesterday, I came again

That the soul is still happy

And ready to serve you;

Tell that from everywhere

Joy blows over me

I don't know what I will

To sing, but only the song ripens.

The poetry of A. Fet was translated into Ukrainian by M. Rylsky, G. Kochur, R. Lubkivsky and others.

Read the poem translated by M. Voronoi. Did you hear the music and poetic intonation of A. Fet's poem?

I come to you, honey

I come to you, dear

Tell me that the sun has risen

What yoga is the living force

In the list I played for change, -

I at fox shochvilini

The skin of a brunka comes to life,

І lunaє spіv ptashiny,

I new life buyaє;

Questions and tasks

What is your heart, flowing to you, with the same palm, What is the soul, understood by shalom, All of you is ready to serve,

What happens to me Happiness, joy to you ... What I sleep - I don’t know, Ale spiviv - full of chest!

1. How do you understand the title of the poem "I came to you with greetings ..."? Find a word that is close in meaning to the word hello.

2. What is the poet excited about?

4. Think: is it news that the sun rises every morning and sets in the evening? Has no one ever seen this? Why does the poet seek to tell about this and with what feeling does he do it?

5. What does the poet want to tell a loved one? In what words does he express his love and affection?

6. The beauty of nature and love give birth to a song in the soul of the poet. In what lines does he speak about the approach of inspiration and the joy of creativity?

7. Read the poem "I came to you with greetings ..." so as to convey the delight and joy of life.

8. Until now, the poet has told you everything. Now try to describe his state of mind. If there are not enough words, refer to the verbal series and use a “hint” in your speech: delight, naive joy, the joy of discovering the world, the ability to be surprised at the ordinary, spring thirst for life, finding beauty in everything, willingness to serve, give joy and happiness, the birth of inspiration . To confirm your thoughts, refer to A. Fet's poem.

sad birch
By my window
And the whim of frost
She is torn apart.

Like bunches of grapes
The ends of the branches hang, -
And joyful to look at
All mourning attire.

I love the daylight game
I notice on her
And I'm sorry if the birds
Shake off the beauty of the branches.

Analysis of the poem "The Sad Birch" by Fet

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet is a famous Russian poet. The poet is unique in his simplicity in addressing the theme of nature, as well as in the form of words that he uses to convey the most vivid meaning. In the poem "The Sad Birch", the poet turns his gaze to the birch, which is winter, and therefore sad, but beautiful and amazing.

Fet in the poem uses various means of artistic expression that help bring the reader closer to the state of a birch.
In the center of the poem is a lyrical hero, he is also the author, he observes nature, its changes. The author is also attracted by the sad birch, it is so beautiful in its appearance: the mourning outfit is joyful to look at, but at the same time, he seems to want spring to come and the birch to be transformed.

In the poem, the author uses such an epithet as: a sad birch. With the help of this epithet, the work describes the author's own state of mind. The poet endows it with the intangible beauty of a person, and he is sorry even to think that the birds will shake off the beauty of the branches. A simple syllable in appeal to nature helped Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet to convey the beauty of winter, which he himself sees. But at the same time, to convey all the trepidation and sadness, through the noun “beauty” and through the passive participle “disassembled”, the author carefully selected each word to create a complete image.

In the final lines of the poem, the author speaks to reflections: “I love the game of the morning star”, and the morning star is the last morning star, this appeal adds some sadness and sentimentality. The author is trying to say that in any of its states and seasons, nature is beautiful in its own way, you just need to be able to see it. The lyrical hero is immersed in the same state as the birch, he experiences everything that she feels with her. The poem is written in iambic trimeter, which is often used in describing natural themes, because it is as smooth and rolling as nature itself.

In his work, Afanasy Fet, describing nature, conveys his inner state: emotions, feelings, experiences. With the help of this style of writing, the author helps the reader to get closer to the state of nature and his inner experiences. This poem from the author's early work, such a simple landscape sketch of three quatrains, actually plunges into the deep world of feelings and emotions.

White birch under my window covered with snow Exactly silver.	sad birch at my window And the whim of frost She is torn apart.
On fluffy branches snow border Brushes blossomed White fringe.	Like bunches of grapes The ends of the branches hang, - And joyful to look at Their mourning attire.
And there is a birch In sleepy silence And the snowflakes are burning In golden fire	I love the daylight game I notice on her And I'm sorry if the birds Shake off the beauty from the branches.
A dawn, lazy Walking around, Sprinkles branches New silver.