The main characters of the fairy tale are the sea princess. Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov. “Sea princess. Analysis of Lermontov's poem “The Sea Princess”
The prince bathes his horse in the sea;
He hears: “Tsarevich! look at me!
The horse snorts and curls his ears,
It splashes and splashes and floats away.
The prince hears: “I am the king’s daughter!
Do you want to spend the night with the princess?”
A hand appeared from the water,
Catches by the brushes of the silk bridle.
Then the young head came out,
Sea grass is woven into the braid.
Blue eyes burn with love;
The splashes on the neck, like pearls, tremble.
The prince thinks: “Good! wait!”
He deftly grabbed the braid with his hand.
Holds, the fighting hand is strong:
She cries and begs and fights.
The knight bravely swims to the shore;
Floated out; loudly calls his comrades:
"Hey you! Come together, dashing friends!
Look how my prey beats...
Why are you standing there like an embarrassed crowd?
Have you ever seen such beauty?
The prince looked back:
Gasp! the triumphant look faded.
He sees lying on the golden sand
A sea miracle with a green tail.
The tail is covered with snake scales,
All freezing, twisting, trembling.
Foam runs off the forehead in streams,
A deadly darkness covered my eyes.
Pale hands grab the sand;
The lips whisper an incomprehensible reproach...
The prince rides away thoughtfully.
He will remember about the king's daughter!
Analysis of the poem “The Sea Princess” by Lermontov
Early love lyrics Mikhail Lermontov was mostly dedicated to his beloved Ekaterina Sushkova. The ten-year unrequited romance ended in a social scandal, echoes of which can be seen in the work “The Sea Princess,” written in 1841, shortly before the poet’s tragic death.
In the image of the fairy-tale sea princess, the windy Sushkova is easily discernible - from a beautiful sea princess she turns into a monster. The author makes fun of the victim, presenting him at the same time in a very unsightly light. One can guess the shame of Sushkova, which surfaced thanks to Lermontov and the incriminating evidence exposed by him.
If we discard folklore motifs and know the background of the poem, the reader will clearly see the man’s disappointment in the woman he loves after so many years of courtship and refusals. She turned out to be unworthy of his high feelings, turning from a beauty into an unsightly creature. Her true essence is a cruel, insidious, seductive person, ready to turn the head of the first person she comes across just to show the power of her charms. The poet condemns such behavior.
The author does not want to admit that he himself fell into the skillfully placed net of the beauty. He identifies himself with lyrical hero- the prince, who did not succumb to the charms of the charming woman and pulled her out of the water, her usual element of seduction, onto land. But the hero unravels the mystery and enters into a fight with the princess. This reflects the reality of Mikhail Yuryevich himself: his relationship was more like a battle than mutual love.
The part where the prince brings the sea maiden to land and boasts about his prey is deeply metaphorical: Lermontov himself also brought out the unpleasant truth about Sushkova to his friends. And as soon as he did this, the beautiful princess turned into a monster - and so his beloved was covered with a kind of foam of shame.
The ending of the ballad contains some ambiguity: the prince abandoned his prey, but will remember it. So the author’s beloved, although abandoned by him, will live in his heart. It’s just that it’s difficult to say what feelings he now experiences - the same love and regret, or something close to disgust.
The work is written in trimeter dactyl, the foot is trisyllabic with the accent on the first syllable. The rhyme is adjacent, the rhyme is predominantly masculine. The poet uses such literary devices as epithets (“sea princess”, “tsar’s daughter”, “blue eyes”), metaphors (“deadly darkness”, “dashing friends”).
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov is a poet as beautiful as he is mysterious. His lyrics amaze and fascinate with their melody, beauty and depth of content. In his poetry you will not find sparkling verse bursting with joy, but there is a sea of sadness. But the author does not evoke sadness with his poetry; despite everything, he believes that they will come. better times. In the present, he tries to survive, calling on the Almighty for help, because he does not rely on too infantile and inert contemporaries.
Sea Princess - Lermontov M.Yu.
1841
The prince bathes his horse in the sea;
He hears: “Tsarevich! look at me!”
The horse snorts and curls his ears,
It splashes and splashes and floats away.
The prince hears: “I am the king’s daughter!
Do you want to spend the night with the princess?"
A hand appeared from the water,
Catches by the brushes of the silk bridle.
Then the young head came out,
Sea grass is woven into the braid.
Blue eyes burn with love;
The splashes on the neck, like pearls, tremble.
The prince thinks: “Okay! Wait!”
He deftly grabbed the braid with his hand.
Holds, the fighting hand is strong:
She cries and begs and fights.
The knight bravely swims to the shore;
Floated out; loudly calls his comrades:
"Hey you! Come together, dashing friends!
Look how my prey beats...
Why are you standing there like an embarrassed crowd?
Have you ever seen such beauty?
The prince looked back:
Gasp! the triumphant look faded.
He sees him lying on the golden sand.
Miracle of the sea with a green tail;
The tail is covered with snake scales,
The whole thing is freezing, curling, trembling;
Foam runs off the forehead in streams,
A deadly darkness covered my eyes.
Pale hands grab the sand;
The lips whisper an incomprehensible reproach...
The prince rides away thoughtfully.
He will remember about the king's daughter!
“THE SEA QUEEN”, L.’s ballad, one of his last verses. (1841). According to the theme and plot, it is included in the circle of ballads about mermaids, both original and translated, which have become widespread in Russian. poetry of the 1830s
Unlike tradition. ballads, in “The Sea Princess” not only the motives of love and death, but also the plot as a whole are translated into symbolic. plan informing the verse. ambiguity of meanings and possible interpretations.
My perception of Lermontov’s poem “The Sea Princess”
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov is a great Russian poet who lived in the 19th century. He wrote both poetry and stories. We have already read his poems, and I can say that Lermontov is a subtle lyricist. He conveys a person’s thoughts and feelings very truthfully. The themes of Lermontov's poems are different. He wrote about love, and about the Motherland, and about nature. There are also ballads in his work. Ballads are dedicated to some historical event or legend. In Lermontov's time it was customary to write ballads based on fairy tale plot. The poem “The Sea Princess” is such a ballad. It says that the hero was driving along the seashore and heard a girl’s voice. A beautiful girl, a sea princess, appeared before him:
A hand appeared from the water,
Catches by the brushes of the silk bridle.
Then the young head came out,
Sea grass is woven into the braid.
Dreaming eyes burn with love;
The splashes on the neck, like pearls, tremble.
The princess was in love with this hero, and he decided to laugh at her. He grabbed her by the braid and pulled her ashore to show her friends. But the princess could not live without water. When the hero looked around, instead of a beautiful girl, he saw a monster:
He sees lying on the golden sand
A miracle of the sea with a green tail.
The tail is covered with snake scales,
All freezing, twisting, trembling.
Foam runs off the forehead in streams,
A deadly darkness covered my eyes.
The sea princess wanted love and affection, but he cruelly played a joke on her. She could not live on earth and died. Here Lermontov says that love can destroy a person. However, he makes it clear to us at the end of the poem that the hero will be punished for this.
The prince bathes his horse in the sea,
He hears: “Tsarevich! look at me!The horse snorts and curls his ears,
It splashes and splashes and floats away.The prince hears: “I am the king’s daughter!
Do you want to spend the night with the princess?”A hand appeared from the water,
Catches by the brushes of the silk bridle.Then the young head came out,
Sea grass is woven into the braid.Blue eyes burn with love,
The splashes on my neck tremble like pearls.The prince thinks: “Good! wait!”
He deftly grabbed the braid with his hand.Holds, the fighting hand is strong:
She cries, and begs, and she fights.The knight bravely swims to the shore;
Floated out; loudly calls his comrades:"Hey you! Come together, dashing friends!
Look how my prey beats...Why are you standing there like an embarrassed crowd?
Have you ever seen such beauty?The prince looked back:
Gasp! The triumphant look faded.He sees lying on the golden sand
A sea miracle with a green tail;The tail is covered with snake scales,
All freezing, twisting, trembling.Foam runs off the forehead in streams,
A deadly darkness covered my eyes.Pale hands grab the sand
The lips whisper an incomprehensible reproach...The prince rides away thoughtfully.
He will remember about the king's daughter!
Analysis of Lermontov's poem “The Sea Princess”
Lermontov's early love lyrics had specific addressees. More precisely, in the overwhelming majority of cases it was dedicated to the same person - the flighty Ekaterina Sushkova. The poet’s straightforward and fairly open poems left no doubt about his feelings, which remained unanswered.
This strange romance lasted almost 10 years and ended in a loud scandal: Lermontov, disappointed in his chosen one, took cruel revenge on her, compromising Ekaterina Sushkova in front of secular society, and then publicly humiliating her. Echoes of this revenge can be found in lyrical ballad poet entitled “The Sea Princess,” written in 1841, shortly before the tragic death of the author.
At first glance, it seems that at the final stage of his creativity Lermontov decided to abandon thoughtful works, giving preference to folklore motives. However, in the image of the fairy-tale character one can easily discern the same Ekaterina Sushkova, who turns from a beautiful sea princess into a terrible monster. “The tail is covered with snake scales, the whole thing freezes, curls and trembles,” notes the author, mocking his victim and, at the same time, presenting him in an unsightly light. The content of this ballad, if we discard the fairy-tale flair, comes down to the fact that Lermontov for many years loved a beautiful woman who was completely unworthy of such high feelings. Her true appearance is that of an insidious and cruel person who is ready to turn the head of the first man she meets just to demonstrate the power of her charms.
Lermontov does not want to admit that he himself succumbed to temptation, falling into the skillfully placed networks of the temptress. In the poem, he identifies himself with the prince, who easily saw through the cunning plan of the sea princess, dragging her to the shore, where she turned into a monster. This part of the work is deeply metaphorical, since in real life the poet also publicly exposed his chosen one in front of witnesses precisely at the moment when Ekaterina Sushkova least expected it. The summary of the ballad is quite laconic, but at the same time contains some ambiguity. “The prince rides away thoughtfully. He will remember about the Tsar’s daughter!” notes the author, emphasizing that the image of Ekaterina Sushkova still lives in his heart. However, it is not clear whether he loves the one who caused him so much pain, or whether he experiences a feeling bordering on disgust from the object of his sighs.