Analysis of the poem "Prediction" Lermontov

The figure of M. Yu. Lermontov is one of the most important pages in the history of Russian literature of the 19th century. His works are distinguished by almost enduring melancholy; fear and pain pervade it. It was in his work that Lermontov, without fear of the authorities, declared what was happening in modern Russia, as well as what could happen.

Prophetic gift of Lermontov

Lermontov’s “Prediction” was written at that stage of the poet’s life, when he was especially worried about the issues related to the role of poetry in society, the meaning of human existence. The poet will write the work "The Prophet", and then the poem "Dream", accurately predicting his death. In many ways, this began to inspire the poet’s creativity to the idea that he possessed a visionary gift. And it’s difficult to disagree with this - because the colors with which the events in his works are described amaze the reader with their brightness.

The date of writing is 1830. Mikhail Lermontov possessed a surprisingly accurate life intuition - apparently, therefore, he managed to predict the events of the future for many decades. He was able to notice all those shortcomings and vices that were characteristic of the people around him. And it should be noted that they really saddened him. In the lines of the poem, which in many respects has become classic, the poet’s feelings about the future of his native country are heard.

Dark foresight classic

All the events that are described by the poet in the work “Prediction” by Lermontov took place in October 1917. It was then that the meaning of the words of the poem "the kings of the crown will fall." This formidable and gloomy work is able to capture the reader, amaze the imagination. The political theme of the poem was inspired by peasant uprisings. Just like Pushkin, Lermontov was horrified by the picture of the "bloody feast." In terms of character, Mikhail Yuryevich was a very kind person who loved his native land. He was afraid and did not want uprisings in which people would choke in their own blood. And perhaps with his work he tried to prevent the terrible pain that hit the country in the 20th century.

Doubts about the truth of Lermontov’s “Predictions”

Particular attention should be paid to the plot of the poem. Despite numerous disputes about whether the great Russian poet really predicted the October uprising, the hypothesis about the prophetic nature of the work was widespread.

At first it was believed that there was no prophecy in Lermontov’s “Prediction”. Some of the researchers, for example, Ivan Tolstoy, were convinced that Lermontov took the events of the Great French Revolution as the basis of his work. After all, Lermontov was a very educated person, familiar with the events of world history, and just described the events that took place in other states in the past. However, why did the poet need to "try on" these events in Russia?

Proof of the Poet's Prediction

Even postponing this question (since finding an answer to it is very difficult and problematic), it is necessary to pay attention to some of the characteristic features of the poem and analyze them in detail. First, in the second line of the verse “Prediction” by Lermontov, one can see the word “kings”. The poet does not mention the "kings", and it would be foolish to believe that Lermontov chose this title only for the sake of prosody.

In addition, the poet writes about lawlessness. Of course, all this was characteristic of France of that era, and will be characteristic of post-revolutionary Russia. However, those words that Lermontov pronounces further turn into an "iron" proof of the prophetic nature of the work. The poet writes: "And this poor land will be tormented." Two more lines above the poet speaks of a plague that will defeat the country after the fall of tsarist power. It is necessary to clarify that in no European country after the political changes of that era there were neither serious epidemics, nor famines. Namely, these terrible incidents mowed down the population of Russia no less than the bloody events of the Revolution. And this happened primarily because the provisions of Trotskyism declared the extermination of the intelligentsia as such - including doctors who could think out a strategy to mitigate the consequences that the Civil War brought.

Scary vision

Many Soviet-era literary scholars alluded to the fact that on the sheet with the poem “Prediction” by M. Lermontov, the poet himself wrote a note: “This is a dream.” However, this does not mean at all that the word "dream" in those days had the same meaning as now. Then it was used in the sense of "vision", "fantasy." In other words, Lermontov reflected in his poem those terrible pictures that tormented his imagination. The poet hoped that contemporaries who read his work could prevent terrible events.

An analysis of Lermontov’s “Prediction” poem shows that the poet very vividly and vividly depicts scary paintings of an apocalyptic nature - the death of many people, lawlessness, hunger and suffering. The poet describes this chaos, as if seeking to separate himself from the events that will occur. In the first part of the work, it predicts the arrival of a certain terrible person who will come to punish, and from which no mercy can be expected.

Means of artistic expression

Lermontov uses a monotonous masculine rhyme, which sounds harsh and hacking with regard to intonation. The poem is written by pentameter iambic. It is not divided into lines, which also emphasizes the inevitability of the events described in it. The feeling of gloominess in the text of the poem “Prediction” by Lermontov is also transmitted through the description of colors. The poet mentions two primary colors that will prevail in this terrible era. It is black, the color of evil; and red is a shade of blood.

The atmosphere of the poem is even more escalated with the help of epithets - “stinking” bodies, “sad” villages. Also, the reader’s imagination is struck by the avatars used by the classic (“the plague will begin to roam”). An analysis of Lermontov’s “Predictions” shows that a growing sense of fear and anxiety is further emphasized by the use of inversion.

Could a terrible future be prevented?

In sum, all this gives a terrible image of a dead future. And it really will be so if contemporaries do not listen to the poet’s voice and the signs of the times and do nothing. Lermontov was disgusted with the idea of ​​death. The "senseless and merciless" rebellion of compatriots caused him only horror. The classic realized the viability of a people who are ready to tear each other apart for the sake of the ideals of the Soviet era. Unfortunately, Lermontov’s poem too early predicted terrible events, so that neither the contemporaries nor the descendants of the poet could take advantage of the warning that the classic gave in his work.