Brief Analysis

A brief analysis of the foreign literary works "Twelve"

The representative work of the Soviet poet Blok (1880-1921). On a snowy night, the bourgeois party's slogan "All power belongs to the Constituent Assembly" fluttered in the strong wind. A capitalist stood at the crossroads, hiding his nose in his collar. Beside him was a mangy dog ??with its tail between its legs, its rough hair curled up and trembling. There were also long-haired writers, orators, and priests and priests. Two ladies were waiting. Twelve Red Guard soldiers patrolled the streets of Petrograd with guns, marching vigorously and bravely. They wanted to shoot old Russia with bullets, "want to fan the fire of the world" and make all the bourgeoisie suffer. They defended the revolution, "Keep going at the pace of the revolution! The enemy who never sleeps is close by!"

The author said that this long poem is the best poem he has ever written, because It was living with the times. The poem summarizes the life of the times and presents the various faces of the representatives of the old world to readers: the writer-orator is cursing "traitor!" and saying things like "Russia is destroyed"; "Now is not a happy time" "The priest walked sideways through the snowdrift; the lady in a fur coat met another lady, and they had both cried. As for the capitalist standing at the crossroads, he is like a hungry dog; the old world is like a homeless dog, standing behind him with its tail between its legs. The twelve Red Guards are symbols of the people and representatives of the new world. They are heroic and march forward forever. Through such description, the work reveals the central idea: the old world is collapsing and the new world is rising, thus praising the October Revolution with world significance and calling on people to take action to defend the great achievements of the revolution.

The long poem is a work full of romanticism. It is an organic combination of a true summary of realism and a symbolic description full of romantic colors; it uses natural scenery such as wind and snow as a symbol of the people's revolution and Symbols of the power to change society, "wind", "snow", "wind blowing white snow", "wind howling", "snow dancing", "snow spinning like a funnel", etc. are often used in poems Appearing has a profound meaning. At the end of the poem, the image of Jesus Christ appears, "with a wreath of white roses". As a leader and a symbol of revolution, he walks in front of twelve Red Guard soldiers, indicating that the author's understanding of the nature of revolution is still incorrect. one side. Lu Xun believed that "there seem to be two explanations for the appearance of Jesus Christ: one is that he also agrees, and the other is that one must rely on him for salvation. But in any case, the later interpretation is always the most recent one." Although this long poem has flaws, Because it is the earliest poem dedicated to the October Revolution in Soviet poetry, it has attracted people's attention. It was quite a sensation after it came out and was immediately translated into English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Japanese and ancient Jewish. There are also many Chinese translations.