« Green noise» analysis of the work - theme, idea, genre, plot, composition, characters, issues and other issues are discussed in this article.
History of creation
The poem “Green Noise” was written in 1863 and published in Sovremennik No. 3 for 1863, then included in the collection of 1864.
Nekrasov became acquainted with the image of green noise after reading a Ukrainian song with comments by Maksimovich in 1856. They described how the Dnieper, to which the girls addressed in song, and the entire space around was covered with greenery, the wind rose, clouds of pollen appeared. Nekrasov used these images in the poem.
The poem “Green Noise” was repeatedly set to music (its landscape part).
Literary direction, genre
The poem can be attributed to role-playing lyrics. The epic hero is a peasant who came from working in St. Petersburg and learned about his wife’s infidelity. Nekrasov imitates the genre of family songs about love and betrayal. Realist writers greatly appreciated folk songs of this genre, believing that they speak about what happens in life, which is typical.
Theme, main idea and composition
The theme is that a husband experiences his wife’s betrayal and refrains from murder, succumbing to the influence of spring renewal.
The main idea: the victory of life (spring) over death (winter), forgiveness over vengeance. The revival of nature after hibernation and the liberation of man from resentment, unforgiveness and everything that kills the soul.
The poem is built on psychological parallelism (renewal of nature and human soul). Compositionally, it is divided into 4 parts with two alternating themes. The first and third parts tell about the arrival of spring and changes in nature, its decoration and renewal. The refrain is repeated four times.
The second and fourth parts are devoted to the plot of a peasant and his traitorous wife. Nekrasov uses the landscape as a frame to describe the dramatic events in the family of the epic hero and his confession. In the first epic part, he talks about his wife’s betrayal, his hesitation about what to do, and his plan to kill the traitor, which matured over the long winter. The first epic part ends with the arrival of change: “But then spring crept up.” In the second epic part, the state of nature and man comes into harmony, the epic hero seems to receive from nature itself, from the song that sounds everywhere, the gift of wisdom and forgiveness, God's gift.
Paths and images
Nekrasov’s landscape is active and dynamic. “The green noise goes and hums” is the personification of the coming spring and a symbol of a new beginning, change, revitalization of nature and soul. In this folklore image, which Nekrasov borrowed from the song, as he honestly said in the note, fresh color and restless sound are combined. Green noise - metonymy (noise of greenery). The poem personifies the high wind (strong spring wind), which “ playfully, disperses" Trees are described using personifications: pine forests cheerful, linden and birch babbling a song, by the birch green braid. The spring landscape contains comparisons: green floral alder dust is like a cloud, cherry orchards seem to be doused with milk.
In the landscape part, Nekrasov uses constant folklore epithets: spring noise, warm sun, pale-leaved linden, white birch, green braid, small reed, tall maple. Repetition of a word or words with the same root focuses attention on the word: green noise, reed noise, maple noise, new noise, new greenery, new song.
The epic part also uses epithets and metaphorical epithets: modest housewife, stern eyes, fierce thoughts, shaggy winter, long night, shameless eyes, winter blizzard song, sharp knife. These are permanent folklore epithets or epithets associated with winter condition nature and the human heart. To further connect winter in nature and in the heart, Nekrasov uses personifications: winter locked the spouses in the hut and roared day and night, demanding to kill the traitor and the villain.
The speech of the epic hero is chaotic, replete with unfinished phrases. Nekrasov imitates colloquial speech with incomplete sentences, phraseological units (“she won’t muddy the waters” - quiet, modest, “tap on her tongue”, don’t give a damn in her shameless eyes). The epic hero calls his wife by her first name and patronymic not out of special respect, but according to Russian tradition. He is annoyed that his wife told him about the betrayal, violating the usual harmony, and calls her stupid. The epic hero cannot even utter words about treason, replacing them with a paraphrase: “Something bad happened to her.”
Nekrasov’s word is precise and succinct. Phrase " I feel sorry for her, my dear"reveals the hero's love for his wife. Having made his moral choice, the hero accepts love, patience and forgiveness, and all the worst in the heart, which symbolizes the defeated winter, is handed over to God’s judgment.
Meter and rhyme
The meter of the poem is similar to iambic tetrameter, but numerous pyrrhic elements bring it closer to tonic song verse. The poem has no rhyme (blank verse).
“Green Noise” Nikolai Nekrasov
The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!Playfully, disperses
Suddenly a riding wind:
The alder bushes will shake,
Will raise flower dust,
Like a cloud, everything is green:
Both air and water!The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!My hostess is modest
Natalya Patrikeevna,
It won't muddy the water!
Yes, something bad happened to her
How I spent the summer in St. Petersburg...
She said it herself, stupid
Tick her tongue!In a hut, one-on-one with a liar
Winter has locked us in
My eyes are harsh
The wife looks and remains silent.
I’m silent... but my thoughts are fierce
Gives no rest:
Kill... so sorry for my heart!
There is no strength to endure!
And here the winter is shaggy
Roars day and night:
“Kill, kill the traitor!
Get rid of the villain!
Otherwise you'll be lost for the rest of your life,
Not during the day, not during the long night
You won't find peace.
Shameless in your eyes
The neighbors will spit!..”
To the song of a winter blizzard
The fierce thought grew stronger -
I have a sharp knife...
Yes, suddenly spring has crept up...The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!Like drenched in milk,
There are cherry orchards,
They make a quiet noise;
Warmed by the warm sun,
Happy people making noise
Pine forests;
And next to it there is new greenery
They babble a new song
And the pale-leaved linden,
And a white birch tree
With a green braid!
A small reed makes noise,
The tall maple tree is rustling...
They make a new noise
In a new way, spring...The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!The fierce thought weakens,
The knife falls from my hands,
And I still hear the song
One - in the forest, in the meadow:
“Love as long as you love,
Be patient as long as you can,
Goodbye while it's goodbye
And God will be your judge!”
Analysis of Nekrasov’s poem “Green Noise”
Nikolai Nekrasov can hardly be called an amateur landscape lyrics, although many of his poems contain entire chapters devoted to the description of nature. The author was initially interested in social themes, so Nekrasov treated writers who dedicated poems to the beauty of meadows and forests with some condemnation, believing that they were simply wasting their talent.
However, in 1863, under the impression of Ukrainian folk songs, Nekrasov wrote the poem “Green Noise”. In Ukraine, spring was often bestowed with a similar colorful epithet, which brought with it the transformation and renewal of nature. So figurative expression struck the poet so much that he made it the key word in his poem, using it as a kind of refrain. It is not surprising that later the lines from this work formed the basis of the song of the same name.
The poem begins with the phrase that “the Green Noise is coming and going.” And immediately the pedantic author gives a decoding of this line, talking about how “playfully, the riding wind suddenly disperses.” It runs in waves over the tops of bushes and trees, which have only recently become covered with young foliage. This is the same Green Noise that cannot be confused with anything else. A symbol of spring, it reminds us that the most delightful time of the year has come, when “like a cloud, everything is divided, both air and water!”
After such a lyrical introduction, Nekrasov still moves on to his favorite social issue, with the help of minor touches recreating a picture of rural life. This time the poet's attention was attracted love triangle, in the center of which was a simple rural woman who cheated on her husband while he was at work in St. Petersburg. The fierce winter, which locked the couple in the hut, instilled not the most pious thoughts in the heart of the head of the family. He wanted to kill the traitor, because to endure such deception “there is no strength like that.” And as a result, the knife has already been sharpened, and the thought of murder becomes more and more tangible. But spring came and dispelled the obsession, and now “warmed by the warm sun, the cheerful pine forests are rustling.” When your soul is light, all dark thoughts go away. And the magical Green Noise seems to put everything in its place, cleansing the heart of filth. The husband forgives his unfaithful wife with the words: “Love as long as you love.” And this favorable attitude towards the woman who caused him severe heartache, can be perceived as another gift from spring, which became a turning point in the life of a rural couple.
Students are usually asked to read the poem “Green Noise” by Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov in a literature lesson in the 8th grade. Teachers first analyze the work with the children, and then ask them to learn it completely by heart.
The text of Nekrasov’s poem “Green Noise” was written in 1863. Nikolai Alekseevich rarely wrote landscape lyrics. He believed that there was no need for it. It does not pose any serious questions and thereby does not give answers to them, does not solve any socially significant problems. He wrote the poem after listening to Ukrainian songs. It is in them that spring is given such a characteristic as “green noise”. The work of Nikolai Alekseevich has a ring composition. He begins it with a description of nature and ends with the same, adding only moralizing instructions. However, in the poem the writer describes not only nature. He also tells the story of one rural married couple. The wife cheated on her husband while he was working in St. Petersburg. Winter came. Because of the cold weather, they cannot separate, and they have to live together. For a long time the hero wants to kill her. He cannot forgive her for her betrayal. But then spring comes. The man's anger weakens, and he still forgives his unfaithful wife.
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The Green Noise is going on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!
Playfully, disperses
Suddenly a riding wind:
The alder bushes will shake,
Will raise flower dust,
Like a cloud: everything is green,
Both air and water!
The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!
My hostess is modest
Natalya Patrikeevna,
It won't muddy the water!
Yes, something bad happened to her
How I spent the summer in St. Petersburg...
She said it herself, stupid
Tick her tongue!
In the hut there is a friend with a liar
Winter has locked us in
My eyes are harsh
The wife looks and is silent.
I’m silent... but my thoughts are fierce
Gives no rest:
Kill... so sorry for my heart!
There is no strength to endure!
And here the winter is shaggy
Roars day and night:
“Kill, kill, traitor!
Get rid of the villain!
Otherwise you'll be lost for the rest of your life,
Not during the day, not during the long night
You won't find peace.
Shameless in your eyes
They'll spit on you!..”
To the song of a winter blizzard
The fierce thought grew stronger -
I have a sharp knife...
Yes, suddenly spring has crept up...
The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!
Like drenched in milk,
There are cherry orchards,
They make a quiet noise;
Warmed by the warm sun,
Happy people making noise
Pine forests.
And next to it there is new greenery
They babble a new song
And the pale-leaved linden,
And a white birch tree
With a green braid!
A small reed makes noise,
The tall maple tree is rustling...
They make a new noise
In a new way, spring...
The Green Noise goes on and on.
Green Noise, spring noise!
The fierce thought weakens,
The knife falls from my hands,
And I still hear the song
One - both forest and meadow:
“Love as long as you love,
Be patient as long as you can
Goodbye while it's goodbye
And God will be your judge!”
* This is what people call awakening
nature in spring. (Note by N.A. Nekrasov.)
The poem “Green Noise” was written in 1863 and published in Sovremennik No. 3 for 1863, then included in the collection of 1864.
Nekrasov became acquainted with the image of green noise after reading a Ukrainian song with comments by Maksimovich in 1856. They described how the Dnieper, to which the girls addressed in song, and the entire space around was covered with greenery, the wind rose, clouds of pollen appeared. Nekrasov used these images in the poem.
The poem “Green Noise” was repeatedly set to music (its landscape part).
Literary direction, genre
The poem can be classified as role-playing lyrics. The epic hero is a peasant who came from working in St. Petersburg and learned about his wife’s infidelity. Nekrasov imitates the genre of family songs about love and betrayal. Realist writers greatly appreciated folk songs of this genre, believing that they speak about what happens in life, which is typical.
Theme, main idea and composition
The theme is that a husband experiences his wife’s betrayal and refrains from murder, succumbing to the influence of spring renewal.
The main idea: the victory of life (spring) over death (winter), forgiveness over vengeance. The revival of nature after hibernation and the liberation of man from resentment, unforgiveness and everything that kills the soul.
The poem is built on psychological parallelism (renewal of nature and the human soul). Compositionally, it is divided into 4 parts with two alternating themes. The first and third parts tell about the arrival of spring and changes in nature, its decoration and renewal. The refrain is repeated four times.
The second and fourth parts are devoted to the plot of a peasant and his traitorous wife. Nekrasov uses the landscape as a frame to describe the dramatic events in the family of the epic hero and his confession. In the first epic part, he talks about his wife’s betrayal, his hesitation about what to do, and his plan to kill the traitor, which matured over the long winter. The first epic part ends with the arrival of change: “But then spring crept up.” In the second epic part, the state of nature and man comes into harmony, the epic hero seems to receive from nature itself, from the song that sounds everywhere, the gift of wisdom and forgiveness, God's gift.
Paths and images
Nekrasov’s landscape is active and dynamic. “The green noise goes and hums” is the personification of the coming spring and a symbol of a new beginning, change, revitalization of nature and soul. In this folklore image, which Nekrasov borrowed from the song, as he honestly said in the note, fresh color and restless sound are combined. Green noise – metonymy (noise of greenery). The poem personifies the high wind (strong spring wind), which “ playfully, disperses" Trees are described using personifications: pine forests cheerful, linden and birch babbling a song, by the birch green braid. The spring landscape contains comparisons: green floral alder dust is like a cloud, cherry orchards seem to be doused with milk.
In the landscape part, Nekrasov uses constant folklore epithets: spring noise, warm sun, pale-leaved linden, white birch, green braid, small reed, tall maple. Repetition of a word or words with the same root focuses attention on the word: green noise, reed noise, maple noise, new noise, new greenery, new song.
The epic part also uses epithets and metaphorical epithets: modest housewife, stern eyes, fierce thoughts, shaggy winter, long night, shameless eyes, winter blizzard song, sharp knife. These are permanent folklore epithets or epithets associated with the winter state of nature and the human heart. To further connect winter in nature and in the heart, Nekrasov uses personifications: winter locked the spouses in the hut and roared day and night, demanding to kill the traitor and the villain.
The speech of the epic hero is chaotic, replete with unfinished phrases. Nekrasov imitates colloquial speech with incomplete sentences, phraseological units (“she won’t muddy the waters” - quiet, modest, “tip her tongue”, don’t give a damn in her shameless eyes). The epic hero calls his wife by her first name and patronymic not out of special respect, but according to Russian tradition. He is annoyed that his wife told him about the betrayal, violating the usual harmony, and calls her stupid. The epic hero cannot even utter words about treason, replacing them with a paraphrase: “Something bad happened to her.”
Nekrasov’s word is precise and succinct. Phrase " I feel sorry for her, my dear"reveals the hero's love for his wife. Having made his moral choice, the hero accepts love, patience and forgiveness, and all the worst in the heart, which symbolizes the defeated winter, is handed over to God’s judgment.
Meter and rhyme
The meter of the poem is similar to iambic tetrameter, but numerous pyrrhic elements bring it closer to tonic song verse. The poem has no rhyme (blank verse).
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Analysis of the poem by N.A. Nekrasov "Green Noise".
In this poem, the image of “Green Noise” is borrowed by the poet from a game song of Ukrainian girls. Nekrasov found the strophic and rhythmic structure that was later used in the poem “Who Lives Well in Rus'.” The work has been set to music many times.
In this poem, the patience of the Russian people, hated by Nekrasov, turns out to be positive quality. The hero of this work, a peasant, thanks to the influence of awakening beauty spring nature, overcomes within himself the “fierce thought”, the desire to “kill the traitor”, the “deceiver” - his wife. There are two symbolic images here - the image of winter and the image of spring. Winter represents something evil and scary. All the dark beginnings of the human soul are concentrated in this image. It is no coincidence that it is under the howling of a blizzard that the main character has the idea of killing his own wife, which is a terrible sin, a crime of the commandment:
And here the winter is shaggy
Roars day and night:
“Kill, kill the traitor.”
In addition to the image of winter, there is also a traditional image of spring for many Russian poets - a symbol of the awakening of nature from a long winter sleep, a symbol of rebirth, transformation of the human soul.
“The fierce thought weakens,
The knife falls out of my hands.”
Along with winter, anger goes away, and along with nature, the hero’s soul blossoms.
“Love as long as you love,
Be patient as long as you can,
Goodbye while it's goodbye
And God is your judge!”
The conclusion that was drawn main character, echoes the biblical commandments. A truly popular, inherently truly Christian understanding of the highest values comes to the hero human existence- love, patience, mercy. Thus, the poem runs through the theme of sin and repentance.
The same theme runs through Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm”. The heroine of the play, Katerina, also cheated on her husband, the merchant Tikhon. Like the heroine of Green Noise, she confessed her sin to her deceived husband. Sensitive and religious Katerina could not live with the sin of a traitor and threw herself into the pool. Tikhon was able to find the strength to forgive her. The image of winter in Nekrasov’s poem echoes the image of Kabanikha and that environment, in which the action in "The Thunderstorm" takes place. They also personify the evil spirit that pushed Katerina to commit suicide.
Katerina throws herself into the water - a symbol of cleansing from sins, so we can say that the image of spring echoes the image of water. However, in the drama “The Thunderstorm”, Katerina decides her own fate, she is tormented by remorse, and in the poem the wife is “silent”, and the husband reflects. But in the end, both characters come to repentance.
The poem "Green Noise" is rich expressive means. The introduction-refrain contains a supporting image. Refrain-repetition - this favorite technique of folk songs is used by the author four times. He opens the text and divides it into compositional parts, bringing the style of the poem closer to folklore. The refrain opens the poem and sounds like the animation of spring:
“The Green Noise is coming and going,
Green Noise, spring noise!
Perseverance, the energy of spring, and swiftness are created by the persistence of repetition of words, the humming sound “u”, conveying the breath of the wind. Assonance is used here.
In the next stanza, the wind is shown unexpectedly and sweepingly:
Suddenly the wind is high.”
The wind fills the world with colors and the lightness of the breath of spring, unites all nature: “everything is green, both the air and the water!” Jubilant intonations grow in this stanza, and the refrain appears again.
In the next stanza, the hero’s tenderness towards his wife, sympathy and annoyance (“tip on her tongue!”) is revealed. His wife’s betrayal made the hero’s eyes “severe,” so the refrain about spring does not return here. The next long stanza talks about the “shaggy winter”, when a “fierce thought” torments, “the cruel song of the blizzard roars day and night”, pushing the hero to revenge and bitterness. The intonation of this stanza is sharp and alarming:
“Kill, kill the traitor!
The stanza ends with the words: “yes, suddenly spring sneaked up" The author uses this verb to show that the warmth of love hidden in the hero’s soul was suddenly revealed. And the refrain returns again, full of spring roar.
The next stanza, as large as the stanza about winter, shows us that anger, driven by love, passes in the same way as winter gives way to spring. A man of the people lives according to the laws of nature. We see a picture of renewal: “cherry orchards are quietly rustling,” pine forests are “warmed by the warm sun,” linden and birch trees are “babbling a new song.”
And again the refrain returns, sounding even more loudly and confidently. The last stanza is like a sigh of relief from agony. “The fierce thought is weakening...” The hero remains in agreement with the world and with himself.
This work has a stylistic originality. It lies in the fact that two are combined here various shapes poetic reflection of reality: fairy tale (plot-narrative part, in which the story is told on behalf of the hero) and lyrical.
This poem can be classified as philosophical lyrics, because there is a traditional Nekrasov theme of sin and repentance. It can also be classified as a landscape painting, because a significant place here is given to the landscape, which here also plays the role of an image-symbol.
Contemporaries always spoke of Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov as a simple, kind and gentle person. The great Russian poet grew up in nature and with youth I knew her natural affection, spiritual closeness, beauty. Nature is like for Nekrasov birth mother, all his memories of childhood are inextricably linked with her. It is not surprising that the theme of nature is considered by the famous poet in many works, for example, in “About the Volga”, in “ Railway"and others.
The poem “Green Noise” is no exception to the rule, where the author touches on two main natural images - winter and spring. Winter is presented by the poet as the dark beginning of the human soul; it contains all the most evil and terrible that can be found in a person. Not by chance cold season years seems to force the main character to be left alone with his deceiving wife in order to sort out the relationship and punish his heart for the committed betrayal:
In a hut, one-on-one with a liar
Winter has locked us in
And here the winter is shaggy
Roars day and night:
“Kill, kill the traitor!
Spring, on the contrary, personifies the divine energy of love, goodness, warmth and light. In the poem, it symbolizes the awakening of nature from a long winter hibernation, is a symbol of the revival of Russian nature, a symbol of the transformation of the human soul. The hero radically changes his intentions and thoughts. Instead of crazy, sinful plans, he is imbued with patience, mercy, and love towards his wife. And following the biblical commandments, he entrusts the right to judge his actions to God:
“The fierce thought weakens,
The knife falls from my hands,
And I still hear the song
One - in the forest, in the meadow:
“Love as long as you love,
Be patient as long as you can,
Goodbye while it's goodbye
And God will be your judge!”
Nekrasov's poem is rich in expressive means. The poet probably took the image of “Green Noise” from a game song of Ukrainian girls. He managed to find that very strophic and rhythmic structure, which he later applied in the work “Who Lives Well in Rus'.” The refrain-repetition, rightfully recognized as a favorite technique of folk songs, is used by Nekrasov in the text as many as 4 times! It is he who opens the poem, divides it into compositional parts and brings the style of the work as close as possible to folklore.
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Analysis of Nikolai Nekrasov’s poem “Green Noise”
The Russian poet Nekrasov cannot be called an admirer of landscape lyricism. He believed that a poet who respects his talent should write about social problems, and not glorify the beauty of the meadow.
However, after the opportunity to listen to folk songs in Ukrainian about the coming of spring, the poet was so impressed that he gives readers such a poetic pearl as a poem called “Green Noise.”
This brightly colorful epithet has always been harmoniously combined with spring, which brings the transformation of nature. This peculiar phrase became the key one in the poetic work of the Russian poet. It actually became a refrain.
The beginning of the verse is intriguing: “The Green Noise is coming and going.” But it is followed by a decoding phrase, which tells us that “playfully, ... the wind disperses,” which happily ran through the crowns of trees and branches of bushes, that in early spring dressed with young green leaves. This is how a unique Green Noise is formed. It is a symbol of an amazing time of year - the beauty of spring, so it cannot be confused with other sounds.
There is nothing strange in the fact that after the lyrical introduction, the author makes the transition to his favorite social topic, painting a picture of the life of the village. The poet is attracted by an episode that is very typical. An ordinary peasant woman cheats on her husband when he leaves for work. Having learned about this, the husband seeks revenge. Nature itself accompanies him, since the strict Cold winter locks the door to the hut where the couple are staying.
The husband decides to kill the traitor; he has already sharpened his knife. And here nature intervenes again: spring comes. She warms everything sun rays, awakens to life, cheers up and dispels the husband’s bad thoughts.
This amazing Green Noise in a pine forest puts everything in its place, cleansing the soul and heart. A devoted husband, despite the pain of his soul, forgives the traitor: “Love as long as you love.” This climactic moment becomes a kind of bridge to the new life of this couple.
In the poem “Green Noise” two images appear before our eyes - winter (the embodiment of evil) and spring (the personification of goodness and love).
This poetry by Nekrasov has a wide abundance of means of expression. The structure of the entire poem is strophic and rhythmic-melodic, therefore the writing style is very close to folklore genres.
“Green Noise” N. Nekrasov
“Green Noise” Nikolai Nekrasov
The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!
Playfully, disperses
Suddenly a riding wind:
The alder bushes will shake,
Will raise flower dust,
Like a cloud, everything is green:
Both air and water!
The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!
My hostess is modest
Natalya Patrikeevna,
It won't muddy the water!
Yes, something bad happened to her
How I spent the summer in St. Petersburg...
She said it herself, stupid
Tick her tongue!
In a hut, one-on-one with a liar
Winter has locked us in
My eyes are harsh
The wife looks and remains silent.
I’m silent... but my thoughts are fierce
Gives no rest:
Kill... so sorry for my heart!
There is no strength to endure!
And here the winter is shaggy
Roars day and night:
“Kill, kill the traitor!
Get rid of the villain!
Otherwise you'll be lost for the rest of your life,
Not during the day, not during the long night
You won't find peace.
Shameless in your eyes
The neighbors won't care. »
To the song of a winter blizzard
The fierce thought grew stronger -
I have a sharp knife...
Yes, suddenly spring has crept up...
The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!
Like drenched in milk,
There are cherry orchards,
They make a quiet noise;
Warmed by the warm sun,
Happy people making noise
Pine forests;
And next to it there is new greenery
They babble a new song
And the pale-leaved linden,
And a white birch tree
With a green braid!
A small reed makes noise,
The tall maple tree is rustling...
They make a new noise
In a new way, spring...
The Green Noise goes on and on,
Green Noise, spring noise!
The fierce thought weakens,
The knife falls from my hands,
And I still hear the song
One - in the forest, in the meadow:
“Love as long as you love,
Be patient as long as you can,
Goodbye while it's goodbye
And God will be your judge!”
Analysis of Nekrasov’s poem “Green Noise”
Nikolai Nekrasov can hardly be called a lover of landscape poetry, although many of his poems contain entire chapters devoted to the description of nature. The author was initially interested in social themes, so Nekrasov treated writers who dedicated poems to the beauty of meadows and forests with some condemnation, believing that they were simply wasting their talent.
However, in 1863, under the impression of Ukrainian folk songs, Nekrasov wrote the poem “Green Noise”. In Ukraine, spring was often bestowed with a similar colorful epithet, which brought with it the transformation and renewal of nature. Such a figurative expression impressed the poet so much that he made it the key one in his poem, using it as a kind of refrain. It is not surprising that later the lines from this work formed the basis of the song of the same name.
The poem begins with the phrase that “the Green Noise is coming and going.” And immediately the pedantic author gives a decoding of this line, talking about how “playfully, the riding wind suddenly disperses.” It runs in waves over the tops of bushes and trees, which have only recently become covered with young foliage. This is the same Green Noise that cannot be confused with anything else. A symbol of spring, it reminds us that the most delightful time of the year has come, when “like a cloud, everything is divided, both air and water!”
After such a lyrical introduction, Nekrasov nevertheless moves on to his favorite social theme, using minor touches to recreate the picture of rural life. This time the poet's attention was drawn to a love triangle, in the center of which was a simple rural woman who cheated on her husband while he was working in St. Petersburg. The fierce winter, which locked the couple in the hut, instilled not the most pious thoughts in the heart of the head of the family. He wanted to kill the traitor, because to endure such deception “there is no strength like that.” And as a result, the knife has already been sharpened, and the thought of murder becomes more and more tangible. But spring came and dispelled the obsession, and now “warmed by the warm sun, the cheerful pine forests are rustling.” When your soul is light, all dark thoughts go away. And the magical Green Noise seems to put everything in its place, cleansing the heart of filth. The husband forgives his unfaithful wife with the words: “Love as long as you love.” And this favorable attitude towards the woman who caused him severe mental pain can be perceived as another gift of spring, which became a turning point in the life of a rural couple.
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