Requiem is elegi by Anna Akhmatova about the suffering of the people under the Great Purge. It was written for more than three decades, between 1935 and 1961. He took it with him, redrawing, as he worked and lived in cities and towns throughout the Soviet Union. A set of poems is conspicuously absent from his collected works, in light of his explicit condemnation of cleansing. Work in Russian finally appeared in book form in Munich in 1963, the entire work was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987. This would be the work of the famous poem about the Soviet Great Terror.
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A set of poems is introduced by a paragraph of prose that briefly states how he waited for months outside the Leningrad Prison, along with many other women, just to catch a glimpse of a father, brother or sister who had been taken away by the secret police in Soviet Russia.. Following the introductory paragraph, the core poetry collection in Requiem consists of 10 short-lived poems, beginning with the first reflection on the arrest of the third husband of Akhmatova Nikolay Punin and other believers. The next nine subsequent poems make reference to the sadness and suffering that he faced when his son Lev Gumilev was captured by the KGB in 1938. He wrote, "a hundred million voices" through his "tormented" mouth.
(dari Requiem . Trans A.S. Kline, 2005)
While the first collection of poetry deals with his personal life, the final collection of poems is left to reflect the voices of others who suffered harm during this period of terror. With each poem in a row, the central figure experiences a new stage of suffering. Sad sadness, cultivating distrust, rationalization, raw sadness, and persistence are just a few that remain constant throughout the entire cycle. Writing occasionally in the first person and sometimes in the third person, Ahkmatova universalises her personal pain and makes it a point to connect with others who experience the same tragedy as herself. Because the topic was controversial at the time, Requiem was written in 1940 but not published. Akhmatova believes publishing works during that period would be too dangerous and feel better to keep it in her head, just revealing it to some of her closest friends. Requiem was first published without Ahkmatova's consent in 1963 in Munich. The full text was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987.
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Structure
Requiem is separated into three parts that regulate the overall structure of the cycle.
1. The introduction is also known as the prose paragraph located at the beginning of the cycle. This details the background of the story of how Anna Akhmatova came to the decision to write this poem and also describe their environment as part of during that period in history. Below is a paragraph that introduces the cycle:
"During the frightening time of Yezhov terror, I spent seventeen months waiting in a prison queue in Leningrad One day, somehow, someone" picked me up. "On that occasion there was a woman standing behind me, her lips blue with cold, which, of course he just said to my ear (everyone whispered there) "Can anyone describe this?" And I replied, "I can" That's when something like a smile tucked into what was previously just a face. "
2. The second part of this cycle is the first ten poems after the introduction, which refers to his personal sadness. Her husband Nikolay Punin has been arrested a second time and put into prison where he died. In the first poem of this set entitled "Dedication", he referred to his discomfort for his arrest and death, and also reached out to his close friends who had also been arrested. While the first paragraph is a dedication to the people who are very important to him, the other nine of the second part deal directly with the arrest of his only son, Lev Gumilev. Akhmatova expressed her inner sadness, her pain and anger about the situation that she and many other women face. For 17 months, he was waiting outside the prison in Leningrad just waiting for a glimpse or notice of what will happen to his son. This section concludes with Akhmatova explaining how no one can take the unconscious essentials such as touch, look, visit, etc.
3. The third and final part of this set begins with the title "Crucifixion". This set of poems comes from the perspective of another woman who also stands outside the Leningrad prison, waiting only for a brief notice of a father, son, or husband who was also arrested. Through elaborate details, he described the sadness, pain, weakness, and fear he had observed while waiting with them during this period of terror. Filled with grief, the cover ends with:
Common themes
Requiem is often said to have no clear plots but has many themes that carry all the poems. One of the most important themes that is also part of the title is the theme "Poetry without a hero". Throughout the entire cycle and many poems inside, no heroes come to the rescue. It is important for the reader to know that because it is almost always the part that people are looking for. Akhmatova wants his readers to recognize that they must overcome this together, not by being saved by a figment of the imagination. Also, sadness, distrust, rationalization, mourning, and determination are just a few themes that remain constant throughout the entire cycle. All of these themes are related to each other because they are the stage of suffering. Whether it's Akhmatova's own suffering, or the suffering of many other women who have to face the same tragedy, they are all an important part in creating a goal for the poem. Another theme seen in the cycle is a reference to biblical people. Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of Christ, John a disciple are the ones who refer to Akhmatova. It is said that he incorporates this theme into a complex cycle to reinforce the idea that even though there has been much suffering between them all, there is nothing left to fear. It also allows him to transcend his personal circumstances in a mystical, supernatural way.
The final theme that seems particularly prominent at the end of the cycle is the idea of ​​keeping this tragedy as a warning. Remembering what happened and not allowing yourself to forget is part of the stage of suffering that allows you to move on. This again binds back to the stage of suffering, so it's all interconnected.
Critical reception
Akhmatova feared that it would be too dangerous for her and those around her if she released the poem during the 1940s when it was written. It was not until the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 that he finally decided that this was the right time to publish it. The entire cycle of Requiem was finally published in the Soviet Union in 1987. After it was finally published, Akhmatova's critics described the Requiem as a blend of elegant language and the complex form of classical Russian poetry..
External links
- English translation at The Hopkins Review
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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