Author: Akhmatova
About the author:
Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, a Russian poetess in the Soviet Union. "The Moon of Russian Poetry". . Born in Odessa on June 23, 1889 to an intellectual family, his father was a mechanical engineer of the Russian naval fleet; My mother was born in a noble family and received a traditional education from the upper class. When he was just 11 years old, he moved with his family to Huangcun, a suburb of Petersburg, where he went to middle school and began to write poems.
Original poem:
Sometimes it curls up like a small snake,
it leans against its heart to cast spells,
sometimes it coos like a little pigeon on a white windowsill all day.
Sometimes it flashes in the crystal frost,
Sometimes it sinks into the dream of violet ...
But it comes from joy and tranquility accurately and mysteriously
.
In the prayer of melancholy piano sound,
it is good at crying so sweetly,
sometimes it suddenly makes people feel palpitation;
recognize it in a strange smile.
(translated by Ulan Khan)
Like all girls, Akhmatova's girlhood was romantic and affectionate. What's more, she is so poetic, full of talent and fantasy. In 193, she met gumilyov in Huangcun. The latter was already a famous poet at that time, and she was still a middle school student. Next, six years of love. Meanwhile, gumilyov committed suicide several times out of love for her, and once had a duel with someone. Fortunately, there was something wrong with the man's gun. It is not so much that she is always wavering about the relationship between the two, but rather that she is so absorbed in the mysterious and beautiful love in her heart that everything in reality always makes her uneasy. When they got married, Akhmatova also realized: "His passion has been exhausted." This poem "Love" is the masterpiece of Akhmatova's early poems, which can reflect her spiritual track.
The opening section of the poem shows the magical charm of love with strange imagination and novel metaphor, and reveals the secret and subtle first love experience of the lyric hero. What is love? It not only makes people afraid and nervous, but also has the temptation of guilt, but also makes you feel the happiness and sweetness that magically changes when the youthful desire is budding. You can't tell whether it's the call of love outside the window or your inner anxiety. The second section of the poem uses analogy to write that love sometimes flashes into the heart, but if it gains something, it is disconsolate to recall it; Sometimes it turns into a beautiful dream, which makes you think slowly in peace and joy ... In the third section, after the wonderful description of the initial experience of love, the poet shows simplicity and solemnity, and through the words of "prayer", "crying", "palpitation" and "strangeness", he shows his burning and urgent desire for truly noble love. It should be noted here that although this is the poet's early poetry, its poetic language is very expressive. Although extremely restrained, it gives people rich imagination and makes people think again and again.