Appreciation of Pushkin's Ode to Freedom

Pushkin was only 15 years old when he wrote this poem. This is one of Pushkin's earliest lyric poems. This is dedicated to Natasha, the maid of a princess named Volkonski. This is a lovelorn poem. The person you love is gone, just like the sun retired. As a result, the beautiful summer withered, the bright days flew away, and everything in nature changed: the shadow of night dragged down, the fields became desolate, the rivers became cold, the forests turned white, and even the sky became dim. This is an objective scene created by natural laws from summer to autumn; At the same time, it was the departure of the beloved that triggered the poet's subjective feeling that people were deserted. Here, the change of natural seasons and the sudden change of subjective mentality are skillfully superimposed together, so the repression in nature has become the expression and symbol of the poet's inner repression. The whole poem is divided into three sections. In terms of time, the first period is the past (summer), the second period is the present (autumn), and the third period is the future (winter). The vertical integration of these three plates is a contrast between light and shade. After a brilliant summer and sunshine, everything in autumn makes people feel gloomy. But Natasha, "my light" has disappeared, whether in the morning or at night, whether on the rippling lake or under the fragrant bodhi tree, in Russia, people often call light their sweetheart. In Pushkin's poems, this habitual title of expressing love is endowed with the function of strengthening contrast: "My light" goes with summer, so autumn becomes dim; And the light in my heart will shine, and I will spend the cold winter with you. It is this light that makes this lovelorn poem transparent. Young Pushkin is expressing his sadness. Autumn is sad, the sky is high and the clouds are light. This poem is sad in autumn but clear. The so-called "simplicity" has always been the most prominent aesthetic feature of Pushkin's poems. In this poem, we have seen the original appearance of this style.