Vam, Razodrannyje v Klochja.... History of Poetic Epitaphs in the Creation of M. Tsvetaeva

Nikultseva, Viktoria V.; Dyadichev, Vladimir N.

doi:10.31857/S013161170009963-8

Home

Russkaya Rech’

Issue 3

«Vam, Razodrannyje v Klochja...». History of Poetic Epitaphs in the Creation of M. Tsvetaeva

Annotation
Reviews
References

«Vam, Razodrannyje v Klochja...». History of Poetic Epitaphs in the Creation of M. Tsvetaeva

PII

S013161170009963-8-1

DOI

10.31857/S013161170009963-8

Publication type

Article

Status

Published

Authors

Viktoria V. Nikultseva

Affiliation: Moscow University of Finance and Law MFUA
Address: Moscow, Russian Federation

Vladimir N. Dyadichev

Affiliation: A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Russkaya Rech’

Edition

Issue 3

Pages

88-100

Abstract

In the poem “To cadets killed in Nizhny” written in July 1917 M. Tsvetaeva mourns the funerals of cadets from Alekseevskoe military school. They were suppressing soldier mutiny in Nizhny Novgorod and buried in the military cemetery Bratskoye in Vsesvyatskoye village (at the All Saints Church, near the Sokol district). Today they have established a Memorial Park of the Heroes of the First World War in the vacant part of the former cemetery. It is crucial to be familiar with the historical background of the story behind the poetic epitaph and it plays an important role in the article.

Many poets (A. Blok, V. Mayakovsky, A. Vertinsky, Z. Gippius, etc.) created works dedicated to those who died in the stormy days of the Russian revolution of 1917, but among them Marina Tsvetaeva's poem “To cadets killed in Nizhny” occupies a special place. A clear, fractional rhythm, alliteration of the sound combinations [pr] – [tr] – [rv], assonance of vowel sounds [a] – [o] – [u:], accentual verse, falling-rising intonations and author's pauses in simple syntagmas convey the tension and energy of the verse. Numerous tropes (the personification “the trumpets sighed heavily”, metaphors “heart breaks”, “torn to shreds”, epithets “light dust”, “in a nameless hole”), figures (parcellationism: “- How, without a checker? / Without shoulder straps / Officers? / In the morning - / in a nameless hole?”; rhetorical questions and exclamations; ellipsis), individual author's phraseology (“Give the last debt / To those who gave the debt the soul”; cf. “give the last debt”; “give your soul to God”) – the combination of these poetic techniques creates an artistic image of violent death, characteristic of the unique stylistic manner of Marina Tsvetaeva, which not only elevates the author's thought to the level of philosophical generalization, but also grows into a political attack. The poet defies the Provisional government, unable to rule the country. This poetic epitaph to cadets belongs to one of the best pieces in the heritage of Marina Tsvetaeva.

Keywords

a poetic epitaph, the linguo-stylistic analysis, Marina Tsvetaeva, white officers, the First World War

Received

30.06.2020

Publication date

01.07.2020

Number of characters

23144

Cite

GOST	Nikultseva V., Dyadichev V. «Vam, Razodrannyje v Klochja...». History of Poetic Epitaphs in the Creation of M. Tsvetaeva // Russkaya Rech’ – 2020. – Issue 3 C. 88-100 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/rusrech/s013161170009963-8-1-en (circulation date: 18.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013161170009963-8
MLA	Nikultseva, Viktoria V., Dyadichev, Vladimir N "«Vam, Razodrannyje v Klochja...». History of Poetic Epitaphs in the Creation of M. Tsvetaeva." Russkaya Rech’ 3 (2020):88-100. DOI: 10.31857/S013161170009963-8
APA	Nikultseva V., Dyadichev V. (2020). «Vam, Razodrannyje v Klochja...». History of Poetic Epitaphs in the Creation of M. Tsvetaeva. Russkaya Rech’ (3), pp.88-100 DOI: 10.31857/S013161170009963-8

100 rub.

When subscribing to an article or issue, the user can download PDF, evaluate the publication or contact the author. Need to register.

Number of purchasers: 1, views: 1582

Readers community rating: votes 0

1. Alabin I. M., Dibrov A. S., Sudravskii V. D. Moskovskoe gorodskoe Bratskoe kladbishche: Opyt biograficheskogo slovaya [Moscow City Brotherly Cemetery: experience in a biographical dictionary]. Moscow, GPIB Publ., 1992. 83 p.

2. Arsen'ev A. A., Morozova M. S. [Moscow City Brotherly Cemetery]. Voenno-istoricheskii arkhiv, 2005, no. 10 (70), pp. 30–63. (In Russ.)

3. Cvetaeva M. I. Neizdannoe. Sem'ya. Istoriya v pis'makh [Unreleased. Family. History in letters]. Moscow, Ellis Lak Publ., 1999. 592 p.

4. Cvetaeva M. I. Sobranie sochinenii. V 7 tomakh [Collected Works. In 7 vols.]. Comp., prep. text and comment. by A. A. Saakyanc and L. A. Mnukhina. Vol. 1. Stikhotvoreniya 1906–1920 gg. [Poems of 1906–1920]. Moscow, Ellis Lak Publ., 1994. 640 p.; Vol. 4. Vospominaniya o sovremennikakh. Dnevnikovaya proza [Memoirs of contemporaries. Diary prose]. Moscow, Ellis Lak Publ., 1994. 688 p.

5. Dyadichev V. N., Lobycyn V. V. Dobrovolec dvukh russkikh armii. Voennaya sud'ba Sergeya Efrona: 1915–1921 gody [Volunteer of two Russian armies. The military fate of Sergei Efron: 1915–1921]. 2nd ed. Moscow, House-Museum of Marina Tsvetaeva Publ., 2014. 152 p.

6. Efron S. Ya. [October (1917)]. “Pisatel'skoe ruslo” Sergeya Efrona [“Writer's watercourse” by Sergey Efron]. Moscow, Vozvrashchenie Publ., 2014, pp. 12–62. (In Russ.)

7. Katagoshhina M. V. [Monuments of the Great War]. Voennaya byl', 1993, no. 3 (132), pp. 14–17. (In Russ.)

8. Mayakovskii V. V. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii. V 13 tomakh [Complete Works. In 13 vols.]. Vol. 1 (1912–1917). Moscow, State Publ. Khudozhestvennaya Literatura, 1955. 464 p.

9. Vertinskii A. N. Dorogoi dlinnoyu… (Memuary, stikhi i pesni, pis'ma) [А long way... (Memoirs, poems and songs, letters)]. Moscow, AST-Astrel' Publ., 2012. 624 p.

10. Zubova N. L., Katagoshhina M. V. Bratskoe kladbishсhe v Moskve, 1915–1924. Nekropol'. Slovar'-spravochnik. V 2 tomakh. Imennye spiski [The brotherly cemetery in Moscow, 1915–1924. Necropolis. Reference dictionary. In 2 vols. Nominal lists]. Moscow, Russkii Mir Publ., 2013. Vol. 2. 744 p.