Mayakovsky's Love Lyrics: Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva. Poem B.V

Love plays a role in every person's life. If someone cannot imagine life without love, then it “cuts its wings” to another. For some, she is the light in the window, and someone pronounces this word through his teeth, cursing everything in the world. And yet the world is held together by love. As long as there is love in the world, life goes on. It is no coincidence that the Russian playwright of the early 20th century, Yevgeny Schwartz, in his play “An Ordinary Miracle”, put the following words into the mouth of the Wizard Master: “Glory to the brave men who dare to love, knowing that all this will come to an end.”

Vladimir Mayakovsky, a contemporary of Yevgeny Schwartz, experienced the same dramatic ordeals. The then famous actress, Tatyana Yakovleva, in 1925 went to Paris to her uncle, the artist A. Yakovlev. Mayakovsky met her in 1928. It is not known for certain why, according to the testimony of many of the poet's friends, mutual love could not bring happiness to lovers. Indeed, in the spring of 1929, the poet, once again in Paris, made plans for a future life together. True, Tatyana herself agreed to marry a famous poet on the condition that he leave Soviet Russia, which was then in a difficult situation. However, in the fall of 1929, for the first time, Vladimir Vladimirovich was denied a visa for a trip that was supposed to solve everything, and later the news came that Tatyana Yakovleva was going to get married.

Mayakovsky devoted two works to his love experiences: “Letter to Comrade Kostrov from Paris about the essence of love” and "Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva". Both poems are written in Mayakovsky's favorite genre - a monologue, and each is dedicated to a specific person. The first "Letter ..." is addressed to the editor of "Komsomolskaya Pravda", in which the poet worked, who ended up in Paris, and the second - not originally intended for publication - was handed over to the beloved woman. For Mayakovsky, love is a feeling that changes a person, resurrects him, sometimes recreates him, like a Phoenix bird from the ashes.

In the "Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva", the analysis of which will be presented below, the theme of love is presented from the dramatic side. In addition, the poet makes an attempt to give eternal feelings a different meaning. Immediately at the beginning of the poem, in line with the deeply intimate feelings of a man for a woman, there are words of a different, social plan:

Whether in a kiss of hands, lips,
in the trembling of the body close to me
red color of my republics
should also be on fire.

The associative rapprochement in the color of the lips of the beloved and the banner does not seem blasphemous: such a comparison is caused by the desire to translate the conversation about a feeling that binds only lovers into a conversation about the happiness of millions. Such inseparability of the personal and the public is characteristic of many of Mayakovsky's poems. Even jealousy takes on a higher meaning:

I am not myself, but I am jealous for Soviet Russia.

Two plans - personal and public - are very skillfully combined in Mayakovsky: it would be unfair to reproach the poet for insincerity, because he really believed in the great future of his Fatherland and did not understand how to exchange it for "dinners with oilmen".

reminder about "Paris love", which causes the hero's contemptuous attitude towards "females", should become a weighty argument for the addressee of the letter (Tatiana Yakovleva) about the need to return to Moscow. BUT "dinner with oilmen" perceived as an act of betrayal in relation to the hungry and cold Moscow, where "not enough long-legged". Only such a heroine, who "in snow and typhus" walked "those legs", can become a hero "eyebrow to brow", which means that only she is with him "growth level".

The extreme frankness inherent in poetry is reinforced by words about "dogs of brutal passion" about the jealousy that "moves mountains", about "measles of passion"- the letter seems to be filled with the power of intimate passion. But it is always translated into a social plane. Such a two-dimensionality determines the compositional structure of the poem: a surge of passion is curbed, introduced into the shores by a reminder of the era, of that reality, of which the poet is the plenipotentiary.

Therefore, when the intensity of feelings makes the hero shout out at the end:

Go here,
go to the crossroads
my big
and clumsy hands

words about the coming change eventually become final. The hero puts an end to their dispute:

I don't care
you
someday I'll take
one
or together with Paris.

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The lyrics of Vladimir Mayakovsky are very peculiar and are distinguished by their special originality. The fact is that the poet sincerely supported the ideas of socialism and believed that personal happiness cannot be complete and comprehensive without public happiness. These two concepts are so closely intertwined in the life of Mayakovsky that for the sake of love for a woman he would never betray his homeland, but on the contrary he could do it very easily, since he could not imagine his life outside of Russia. Of course, the poet often criticized the shortcomings of Soviet society with its inherent harshness and straightforwardness, but at the same time he believed that he lived in the best country.

In 1928, Mayakovsky traveled abroad and met in Paris with a Russian emigrant Tatyana Yakovleva, who in 1925 came to visit relatives and decided to stay in France forever. The poet fell in love with a beautiful aristocrat and invited her to return to Russia as a legal wife, but was refused. Yakovleva was reserved about Mayakovsky's courtship, although she hinted that she was ready to marry the poet if he refused to return to his homeland. Suffering from an unrequited feeling and from the realization that one of the few women who understands and feels him so well is not going to part with Paris for him, Mayakovsky returned home, after which he sent his beloved a poetic message “Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva” - a sharp, complete sarcasm and, at the same time, hope.

This work begins with phrases that love fever cannot overshadow feelings of patriotism, since “the red color of my republics should also burn”, developing this theme, Mayakovsky emphasizes that he does not like “Parisian love”, or rather, Parisian women, who behind the outfits and cosmetics skillfully disguise their true nature. At the same time, the poet, referring to Tatyana Yakovleva, emphasizes: “You are the only one with my height, stand next to the eyebrow”, considering that a native Muscovite who has lived in France for several years compares favorably with cutesy and frivolous Parisians.

Trying to persuade the chosen one to return to Russia, Mayakovsky, without embellishment, tells her about the socialist way of life, which Tatyana Yakovleva is so stubbornly trying to erase from her memory. After all, the new Russia is hunger, disease, death and poverty, veiled under equality. Leaving Yakovlev in Paris, the poet experiences an acute feeling of jealousy, as he understands that this long-legged beauty has enough fans even without him, she can afford to go to Barcelona for Chaliapin's concerts in the company of the same Russian aristocrats. However, trying to formulate his feelings, the poet admits that "I am not myself, but I am jealous for Soviet Russia." Thus, Mayakovsky is much more gnawing at the fact that the best of the best leave their homeland than ordinary male jealousy, which he is ready to bridle and humble.

The poet understands that apart from love, he can offer nothing to the girl who struck him with her beauty, intelligence and sensitivity. And he knows in advance that he will be refused when he turns to Yakovleva with the words: “Come here, to the crossroads of my big and clumsy hands.” Therefore, the finale of this love-patriotic message is filled with caustic irony and sarcasm. The tender feelings of the poet are transformed into anger when he addresses the chosen one with a rather rude phrase “Stay and winter, and we will lower this insult to the common account.” By this, the poet wants to emphasize that he considers Yakovlev a traitor not only in relation to himself, but also to his homeland. However, this fact does not in the least cool the romantic ardor of the poet, who promises: “I will take you all the time someday - alone or together with Paris.”

It should be noted that Mayakovsky never managed to see Tatyana Yakovleva again. A year and a half after writing this letter in verse, he committed suicide.

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Brief analysis

History of creation- the work was created in 1928, after he met a Russian woman who emigrated to France. It was first published only in 1956.

Theme of the poem- love for a woman and for the Motherland.

Composition- According to the meaning, the poem can be divided into several parts: an appeal to the addressee of the message and the creation of her image, a story about the Motherland, a promise to win a woman. The work is not divided into stanzas. Some verses are broken into several lines. Visually, the text resembles a ladder of words.

Genre- a message.

Poetic size- iambic tetrameter, cross rhyme ABAB.

Metaphors- “Decorate any female with silks”, “dogs of brutal passion”, “people’s verse is a dense forest”, “whistle dispute of trains to Barcelona”, “jealousy moves thunders”, “measles of passion will come down with a scab”.

epithets – "important evening", "black sky", "big, clumsy hands".

History of creation

The history of the creation of the poem is connected with the trip of V. Mayakovsky to Paris. There he met Tatyana Yakovleva, who emigrated abroad in 1925. The poet liked the woman, and love developed out of sympathy. Mayakovsky invited Yakovleva to return to their homeland, but she refused.

The poet had serious intentions, he was going to marry an emigrant. She reservedly perceived his courtship, making it clear that they would be together only if the poet moved to France. Upon his return to Russia, Vladimir Vladimirovich wrote the analyzed work in 1828.

Topic

Two themes are intertwined in the poem - love for a woman and love for the Motherland. The lyrical hero is torn between these feelings, realizing that he will not be happy if he chooses one thing. Already from the first lines, he makes it clear that love for a woman cannot overshadow feelings of patriotism in him, therefore he says that even in kisses and hugs, the color of his republics should “flame”.

Gradually, the lyrical hero moves on to discussions about female beauty. French women do not attract him, since only their appearance is beautiful in them, and there is emptiness under the shell. He separates the addressee of his message from the French women, because this woman has Russian roots.

The lyrical hero asks his beloved to move to Russia. He understands that a woman knows the inside of the Motherland very well, therefore she describes Soviet Russia without hiding or embellishing anything. In these descriptions, the portrait of the beloved is also supplemented. The hero knows what she went through: “not for you in the snow and typhus walking with these feet ...”.

In the last lines, the man invites his beloved into his hands, but he knows that she will refuse, so he simply promises to win her love.

The poem develops the idea that love inspires people to the most daring deeds. The author also proves that a person cannot choose between patriotism and love for another person.

Composition

In terms of meaning, the poem can be divided into several parts: an appeal to the addressee of the message and the creation of her image, a story about the Motherland, a promise to win a woman. The work is not divided into stanzas. The formal organization reflected the features of futuristic literature. Visually, the text resembles a ladder of words.

Genre

The genre of the poem is a message, since it has an addressee. The poetic size is iambic tetrameter. The author used the cross rhyme ABAB. The work has both male and female rhymes.

means of expression

Expressive means are used to reveal the image of the beloved woman, reproduce the feelings of the lyrical hero and realize the idea. These are complex associative complexes that are distinguished by originality. Play a key role metaphors: “Decorate any female with silks”, “dogs of brutal passion”, “people’s verse is a dense forest”, “whistle dispute of trains to Barcelona”, “jealousy moves thunders”, “passion measles will come down with a scab”.

epithets visual pictures, feelings and emotions of expressiveness: “important evening”, “black sky”, “big, clumsy hands”.

Poem by V.V. Mayakovsky is autobiographical, like almost all of the poet's lyrics. met in Paris a very beautiful young woman - Tatyana Yakovleva, fell in love with her and invited her to go with him back to the Soviet Union. They corresponded, and Mayakovsky wrote one letter in verse.
Even if you do not know these facts of the poet's biography, after reading the poem, you can immediately feel that it differs from the poet's lyrics as a whole. There are no hyperbole, rumbling metaphors, fantasy in it that amaze the imagination. The poet himself promises in the "Letter ...": "... I will be long, / I will simply / I will speak in verse." "Letter ..." is addressed mainly to Tatyana Yakovleva, the poet strives to be understood by his beloved, he is ready "... to tell about this important evening / like a human being." This poem strikes with its sincere, confidential tone, it looks like a confession of a lyrical hero.
In the "Letter ..." Mayakovsky manages, with the help of just a few lines, to create the image of Tatyana Yakovleva, to describe both her appearance and her inner world. The poet's favorite is "long-legged", but, more importantly, she is "level in height" to him. Mayakovsky feels that this is a guarantee of understanding between them, meaning growth not only physical, but also spiritual, it is no coincidence that he asks Tatyana Yakovleva to stand with him "next to him, with an eyebrow" before a conversation that is of great importance to him. She is not "any female", adorned with silks, who cannot kindle the flame of passion in the poet's heart. Tatyana Yakovleva had to go through a lot before she settled in Paris. The poet appeals to her, to her memory: "Not to you, in the snow and in typhoid / walking with these feet, / here for caresses to give them out / to dinner with oilmen."
The whole poem seems to be divided into two parts: it depicts and contrasts two worlds, both of which are very important for the poet. This is Paris and the Soviet Union. These two worlds are huge and draw the heroes of the poem, their thoughts and feelings into their orbit.
Paris is described as a city of love, luxury and pleasure unacceptable for a poet ("I don't like Parisian love"). The populated city seems to be extinct already at "five o'clock", but there are "females" in silks and "dinners with oilmen" in it. Everything is different in Soviet Russia: "... there are patches on their shoulders, / their consumption licks with a sigh", because "a hundred million were bad."
In the poem “Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva”, the voice of the lyrical hero organically merges personal and civil. The intimate lyrical “I” at the beginning of the poem turns into a public “we” where the poet begins to talk about the Motherland: “I am not myself, but I am jealous / for Soviet Russia.” The theme of jealousy, which runs through the entire poem, is closely related to his "civil" plan. Critics even suggested renaming the "Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva" into "Letter on the Essence of Jealousy." The lyrical hero of Mayakovsky himself is characterized not by jealousy, but by “inexhaustible joy”, love as the main law of life, the universe.
The poet depicts “personal” jealousy as a universal cataclysm: “In the black sky of lightning, the tread, / the thunder of curses in the heavenly drama, / is not a thunderstorm, but it’s just / jealousy moves mountains.” So Mayakovsky conveys his inner state, the titanic force of passion boiling in his chest. However, the poet is ashamed of personal jealousy, calls it the feeling of "offspring of the nobility", considers passion to be measles, a dangerous disease. He asks his beloved not to believe "stupid words ... raw materials."
Words dictated by love are stupid because they come from the heart, express personal feelings, but they take on a different meaning, rise in status as soon as the poet begins to speak not for himself personally, but for "Soviet Russia". It turns out that the need for beauty is felt not only by the lyrical hero, but also by his homeland: "... we need you in Moscow, / there are not enough long-legged ones." The poet is offended that Tatyana Yakovleva remains in Paris, while in Moscow “you can’t straighten out many with sports.” He admits that after many years of wars, illnesses and hardships in Soviet Russia, they begin to appreciate true beauty, they become “tender”.
In "Letter ..." Mayakovsky reflects on the essence of love. He not only opposes love to jealousy, but also distinguishes two types of love. The first, "Parisian" love, "dogs of brutal passion", he rejects, does not believe in its sincerity. Together with her, he rejects “personal” love, feelings “for himself”: “Jealousy, wives, tears ... well, them!” Another kind of love, in which love for a woman and love for the Motherland merge together, he recognizes as the only true one. It seems that the choice is so obvious that Tatyana Yakovleva does not even have to think, "squinting simply / from under straightened arcs."
However, the poet and his beloved belong to two different worlds: she is entirely the world of Paris, with which images of love, the night sky, European space are associated in the poem (the lyrical hero hears “a whistle dispute / trains to Barcelona”), he belongs with all his heart to his young republic. The theme of jealousy, hardships and hardships, snow-covered space, along which Tatyana Yakovleva once walked with “these feet”, is connected with Soviet Russia. Even the poet shares insults with his Motherland, lowers them "to the common account." With resentment in his voice, he allows his beloved to “stay and spend the winter” in Paris, so they give a break to the besieged enemy. The theme of hostilities, "the capture of Paris", which flashes at the end of the poem, makes us recall Napoleon and the resounding victory of Russian troops over the French in the Patriotic War of 1812. The lyrical hero seems to hope that the Parisian winter will weaken the impregnable beauty, as the Russian winter once weakened Napoleon's army, and will force Tatyana Yakovleva to change her mind.
The lyrical hero himself, in the face of love, looks like a big child, he paradoxically combines strength and touching defenselessness, a challenge and the desire to protect his beloved, to surround her with “big and clumsy” hands. The poet compares the embrace not with the ring, as usual, but with the crossroads. On the one hand, the crossroads is associated with openness, insecurity - the poet does not seek to protect his love from prying eyes, on the contrary, he combines the personal with the public. On the other hand, two paths join at the crossroads. Perhaps the poet hopes that the "personal", loving embrace will help connect two worlds - Paris and Moscow, which have no other points of intersection yet. But until this happens at the behest of his beloved, the poet challenges - not so much her, but the very movement of life, history, which divided them, scattered them over different countries and cities: “I will still take you someday - / alone or together with Paris ".
In the poem “Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva”, two plans of the lyrical hero merge - intimate, intimate and public, civil: “In the kiss of the hands, or in the trembling of the body of those close to me / the red color of my republics / should also burn.” Is the poet sincere in desiring beauty and love not for himself alone, but for all of Soviet Russia? In this poem, love appears to him as akin to duty. Mayakovsky writes not only about his duty - to return the beautiful Tatyana Yakovleva to her homeland, but also reminds her of her duty - to return to where there is snow and disease, so that Russia also finds a piece of beauty, and with it hope for rebirth.
In the "Letter ..." feelings and duty, spiritual storms and civic position are paradoxically combined. The whole of Mayakovsky is expressed in this. Love for the poet was a unifying principle: he wanted to believe that the coming of the revolution would put an end to all conflicts; for the sake of love for the idea of ​​communism, Mayakovsky was ready, as he later wrote in the poem “Out loud”, “to step on the throat of his own song” and fulfill the “social order”.
Although at the end of his life the poet will be disappointed in his former ideals and aspirations, “Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva” conveys the very essence of the poet’s worldview: everything is one in love, it represents the meaning of being and its main idea, which, according to Dante, “moves the suns and luminaries ".