Poem of the End (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Marina Tsvetayeva
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Work: Poetic sequence
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric sequence
- Subjects: Love or romance, Europe or Europeans, Jews or Jewish life, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Russia or Russian people, Water, Czechoslovakia or Czechoslovakians
The Poem
“Poem of the End,” composed in 1924, is a poetic sequence of fourteen lyrics describing the end of an affair between the poet, Marina Tsvetayeva, and her lover Konstantin Rodzevitch. Although the poem is autobiographical, it is not necessary to know much about the relationship to understand the poem, which is universal in the intensity of its emotion. As the lovers meet, walk along a river, and pass places they once frequented, the poet struggles with her lover’s decision to break off the relationship, and the structure of the poem reflects this struggle. Much of...
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