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“If life deceives you...” Alexander Pushkin

If life deceives you,
Don't be sad, don't be angry!
On the day of despondency, humble yourself:
The day of fun, believe me, will come.

The heart lives in the future;
Really sad:
Everything is instant, everything will pass;
Whatever happens will be nice.

Analysis of Pushkin’s poem “If life deceives you...”

Eupraxia Nikolaevna Vrevskaya (maiden name - Wulf) made acquaintance with Pushkin at a young age. The fact is that Mikhailovskoye, the estate of Alexander Sergeevich, was adjacent to Trigorskoye, the estate of the girl’s mother. At one time, the poet was in love with Eupraxia Nikolaevna, but in the end their relationship boiled down to strong friendship. Vrevskaya graced Pushkin’s last days with her presence, as if trying to fulfill his wish expressed in “Elegy”:
...And maybe - for my sad sunset
Love will flash with a farewell smile.
Under the home name "Zizi" Evpraksiya Nikolaevna appears in the fifth chapter of "Eugene Onegin". According to some literary scholars, her features are reflected in the image of Olga Larina. The poem “If life deceives you...”, created in 1825, is addressed to Vrevskaya.

Among researchers of Pushkin's work, there is an interesting and not unfounded point of view regarding the lyrics of the mid-1820s - early 1830s. According to her, a unique cycle of works, united by the theme of searching for the meaning of life, dates back to this period. Often the hero in them realizes his own dependence on fate and tries to find reliable support in the world around him. This series includes the poems “A Vain Gift, an Accidental Gift...”, “Talisman”, “Winter Road”, “Rhyme, Sonorous Friend...”, “Traffic Complaints” and others. It is worth adding to them the miniature “If life deceives you...”. With its help, Pushkin says that time passes, changes, and with it the human soul is subject to change. An interesting feature of the work is that the author does not use spatial references. In addition, Alexander Sergeevich uses many verbs, but none of them denote movement. It turns out that the plot of the poem unfolds only in time: from the unsightly present, which someday will turn into a sweet past, to the future, which at the moment seems cheerful. However, he is also destined to become a dull present, and then again a sweet past. Time is cyclical, everything repeats itself, there is no way out of the circle.

The poem “If Life Deceives You...” has inspired several composers. A wonderful romance, which has become a classic, was written by Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev (1787-1851). The work was also set to music by Cesar Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) and Reinhold Moritzevich Gliere (1875-1956).

If life deceives you,
Don't be sad, don't be angry!
On the day of despondency, humble yourself:
The day of fun, believe me, will come.

The heart lives in the future;
Really sad:
Everything is instant, everything will pass;
Whatever happens will be nice.

Analysis of the poem “If life deceives you” by Pushkin

The poem “If life deceives you...” (1825) was written by Pushkin in the album of E. Wulf (daughter of P. Osipova). During his Mikhailovsky exile, the poet was a frequent guest of this family. The visits brightened up Pushkin’s sad loneliness. For some time, the poet was in love with E. Wulf, but the relationship grew into a strong friendship. Some researchers of Pushkin's work believe that the girl served as the prototype for Olga Larina in.

E. Wulf was much younger than Pushkin. The fate of the disgraced poet, who suffered for his beliefs, made his figure mysterious and enigmatic in the eyes of the young girl. Pushkin himself was experiencing a spiritual crisis at this time. The persecution of the tsarist authorities and the nagging of censorship even forced him in Odessa to seriously think about escaping from Russia. In Mikhailovsky, he realized that he could trust only his closest friends. Only in the company of a hospitable neighbor could the poet completely relax and temporarily interrupt his sad thoughts.

With E. Wulf, Pushkin felt young and full of strength. He didn't want the girl to find out ahead of time how hard life could be. Therefore, the poem is imbued with a joyful, life-affirming beginning. The poet calls for an easier attitude towards failures and inevitable deceptions. Instead of giving in to despondency, you need to accept life as it is. The black streak will always be followed by a “day of fun.”

Pushkin's optimism is directed to the future. He agrees that people often perceive the present in a dim and bleak light. You cannot remain inactive. Happiness can only be achieved if you strive for it yourself. “Everything will pass,” says the poet. In a happy future, the past will be perceived completely differently. Even in past troubles a person will be able to see joyful moments.

In the poem “If Life Deceives You...” you can see the positive influence of E. Wulf. Pushkin was in a gloomy mood during this period, but a young, cheerful girl brought him out of this state and temporarily became a new source of inspiration. The poet felt that all was not yet lost. His old hopes and dreams awoke. Pushkin’s mood in general always depended heavily on women. In this case, E. Wulf became a real salvation for the poet who was disillusioned with people.

The work became very popular. It was subsequently set to music by several famous composers.

The early and late poetry of A. S. Pushkin is filled with philosophical reflections. At the age of 24, the poet was thinking about the vicissitudes of fate. He looked at the world with youthful optimism and wrote in an album to a young 15-year-old girl With quiet poem “If life deceives you...” (Pushkin). We will now analyze the short work. The poet still believed that all sorrows are transitory.

History of creation

In 1824, the police, looking through A. Pushkin’s mail, found out that the poet was passionate about atheism. This was the reason for his resignation from service and exile for two years in Mikhailovskoye. Next door was the Trigorskoye estate, which the poet often visited. He made friends with his neighbors, in particular with the owner of the estate, Praskovya Osipovna, and with all the members of her large family.

For the charming naive teenage girl Zizi (Eupraxia Nikolaevna Vrevskaya), who saw everything in only two colors - black or white, the poet writes in 1825 a miniature filled with deep meaning. It begins with the words: « If life deceives you..."

An analysis of Pushkin's poem will be given below, but in the middle of it, the poet assures the ignorant girl that a day of fun will certainly come. By the way, the poet will retain his friendship with Eupraxia Nikolaevna until the end of his days.

Theme of the poem

We begin an analysis of Pushkin’s poem “If life deceives you...”. The first line of the quatrain is followed by encouraging words, suggesting not to be sad or angry, because there is tremendous strength in the heart and soul of any person. She will help you get what you want. We just need to wait a little.

If despondency comes, then you should humble yourself and wait it out. There are many bad moments in life: disappointment in friendship, pain and tears. But you should stumble, get up and move on. Life is like a coin with two sides.

On one side there is confusion and anxiety. On the other - happiness, sometimes fleeting. Without knowing pain and despair, we cannot know joy. You shouldn’t expect unexpected gifts from life; you need to learn to give them to others and to yourself. Then the day of fun will come. And when you are in a good mood, you can do a lot of good things that will resonate in any heart and bring you joy.

Continuing the analysis of Pushkin’s poem “If life deceives you...”, we should note the poet’s words that the heart lives in the future. Even if the present is dull and does not bring new bright impressions or the love that every girl dreams of, but still you should not give up. The world works in a very interesting way; if you smile and say “thank you” to someone, they will smile and thank you. It all starts with you.

Sadness will instantly set in, tears will dry up, and suddenly everything will begin to form into a beautiful mosaic, everything will finally fall into place. And the more difficult it was for you, the more you will appreciate the smallest joy.

The whole world will appear before you in all its diversity. By finding beauty in the little things, you will teach your heart to beat in the rhythm of goodness and peace. Even past sorrows will appear sweet in memories.

Deeply felt lines teach everyone to accept with patience and humility everything that life gives us. She brings her gifts to everyone according to his merits. We have the power to make black white or, moreover, magically colorful.

Composition and genre

The miniature consists of two quatrains and eight stanzas. An analysis of Pushkin’s poem “If life deceives you...” shows that in the first quatrain the author paid more attention to the hope that joy will return, no matter how sad and bleak the present may be. The second part is dedicated to the future: the belief that “everything will pass,” and even sorrows will be sweet to the heart. This approach to life allows us to classify the work as a philosophical genre.

Rhythm, rhyme, figurative means

The poem is written in trochee. In the first stanza the rhyme is circular, in the second it is cross rhyme. Pushkin did not use a single epithet, but nine verbs. They do not indicate movement. Each of them unfolds life in the present, only the last two are placed in the future tense. This emphasizes that the cycles of life invariably repeat themselves and should be calmly accepted and experienced.

This is where we can finish the analysis of the poem “If life deceives you...”. I would just like to add that these beautiful lines were set to music by our three composers: A. A. Alyabyev, T. A. Cui and R. M. Gliere. Inspired, they created wonderful romances that are still performed by chamber singers today.

Everything is instant, everything will pass; / Whatever happens will be nice
From the eight-line called “If life deceives you” (1825) by A. S. Pushkin (1799-1837), which the poet dedicated to E. N. Wulf:
If life deceives you,
Don't be sad, don't be angry!
On the day of despondency, humble yourself:
The day of fun, believe me, will come.
The heart lives in the future;
Really sad:
Everything is instant, everything will pass;
Whatever happens will be nice.
Quoted: as advice, a wish to approach life, its problems and worries in a philosophical, calm way.

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Don't be sad, don't be angry!
On the day of despondency, humble yourself:
The day of fun, believe me, will come.
The heart lives in the future;
Really sad:
Everything is instant, everything will pass;
Whatever happens will be nice.
Quoted: as advice, a wish to approach life, its problems and worries in a philosophical, calm way.

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