The ballad "Svetlana" was written
Vasily Zhukovsky in 1808. She is a kind of translation by the author of the cult work “Lenore” by the German writer G. A. Burger. The fact that these two ballads are related is a folklore mystical plot at the heart of each of them. Differences are observed in the ending of the poems. For Burger, the death of the main character is a foregone conclusion, and for Zhukovsky all visions connected with death turn out to be nothing more than Svetlana’s
nightmare . The appeal of the Russian author to the Russian holy fortune-telling is his most valuable find. Only a summary is provided here. Zhukovsky's Svetlana is a work worth reading in the original.
Girls are divining on a betrothed
On one of the baptismal evenings, the girls sat and wondered, wanting to see their narrow-minded in the mirror. There is such a sign in Russia: everything that you see in the mirror at Baptism will come true. Among the fortunate girls there is Svetlana, who is experiencing difficulty in separation from her beloved. For a year now, there has been no news from him. The girl is sad and silent, unlike her friends. It will not allow you to convey all the charm of this holy divination by a brief summary. Zhukovsky's “Svetlana” is a ballad about pure love and devotion to a loved one.
Svetlana dreams that her beloved is taking her away
Svetlana decides to find out the fate of the sweetheart during fortune telling. Two appliances and candles with a mirror are placed on the table. Exactly at midnight, our heroine sits down at the mirror, trying to discern her fate in it. She is creepy and scary. Freezing in horror, she hears someone's quiet footsteps. Looking around, Svetlana sees her beloved, who reaches out to her and invites him to get married. They sit in the sled and go to church. The pale moon sanctifies their snowy path. Svetlana seems cute face in the moonlight unnaturally pale. A raven creeps over them, foretelling a quick sadness. Ahead is a hut covered with snow. So colorful in his poem described night visions of the main character Zhukovsky. Svetlana, a brief summary
which is given here is a romantic ballad about the love of a young girl who wants to wait for her darling at all costs.
Svetlana at the tomb of her beloved
Our heroine enters the hut and sees a table there, covered with a white tablecloth. On the table is a coffin. Svetlana prays in front of the icons and sits in a corner. Suddenly a white dove rushed to her chest. For a moment, it seemed to her that the dead man had moved. A coverlet flew from him. The next minute the dead man groaned. Svetlana was completely uncomfortable. A white dove takes off and lands on a dead man's chest. Gritting his teeth, he turned even paler and completely froze in his coffin. And then the girl recognizes in her deceased her lover. It is impossible to convey all the horror and fear experienced by Svetlana at this moment, giving only a brief summary. Zhukovsky's Svetlana enables the reader to plunge into the mysterious world of demons and spirits.
Awakening from a nightmare
Our heroine wakes up in her room. She understands that everything that happened to her is just a nightmare. After him, her soul left a bad sediment. To dispel sadness and longing, she sits down at the window and looks into the distance. And then she sees that the sleigh rushing along the road, in which her beloved friend hurries to her. He goes to take the bride to the crown. Zhukovsky finished his poem with this episode. The ballad "Svetlana", a brief summary of which is given here, has a happy ending. All the girl’s fears were false. The moral of the work is such that you do not need to think about anything bad, and bad will never happen in your life.
This concludes my narrative of this work. Only a brief summary is given here. "Svetlana" Zhukovsky - this is the best creation of the author. The poem is easy to read. I advise you to read it in the original.