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1812 in Russian poetry: a collection of poems and songs (historical and military) dedicated to the Patriotic War, Alexander I and Napoleon: for students / was K. V. Elpatievsky. - 2nd add. ed., with the addition of a brief sketch of the Patriotic War.
31 lip 2014 · Russia 1812. Victor Hugo Translated by Robert Lowell. The snow fell, and its power was multiplied. For the first time the Eagle bowed its head– dark days! Slowly the Emperor returned– behind him Moscow! Its onion domes still burned. The snow rained down in blizzards–rained and froze.
The Expiation: I; By Victor Hugo. 1966. The humility of Napoleon as he retreats from Russia in 1812 is told of by Hugo with the accompaniment of cold terror, variously. What Napoleon liked least — confusion — is now his lavishly.
Analysis (ai): This poem critiques Napoleon's destructive campaign in Russia, depicting the horrors of war and the suffering it inflicts. The raven, a symbol of death and scavenging, symbolizes the human carnage that follows Napoleon's army.
Napoleon?s invasion of Russia in 1812 had a great impact throughout Russian society and was also reflected in Russian literature. The poets of the period, both those widely remembered today as well as those forgotten, were the group of artists who most immediately responded to the event.
Fleet the Tartar's reinless steed, But fleeter far the pinions of the Wind, Which from Siberian caves the Monarch freed, And sent him forth, with squadrons of his kind, And bade the Snow their ample backs bestride, And to the battle ride. No pitying voice commands a halt, No courage can repel the dire assault;
William Wordsworth. 1770-1850 / Cumberland / England. The French Army In Russia, 1812-13. HUMANITY, delighting to behold. A fond reflection of her own decay, Hath painted Winter like a traveller old, Propped on a staff, and, through the sullen day, In hooded mantle, limping o'er the plain, As though his weakness were disturbed by pain:
