“Yes” and “No” (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Dramatic monologue
- Genres: Poetry, Dramatic monologue
- Subjects: Freedom, Love or romance, Friendship, Ghosts or apparitions, Depression, mental, Trains, Happiness, Decision making, Stars, Rejection
The Poem
Like many of Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s poems, “‘Yes’ and ‘No’” is a kind of dramatic monologue. The poem is subtitled “From the Verses about Love,” and it can be seen also as a lyric poem. Its eighty-two lines are all in one uninterrupted stanza, lined up in a cascading fashion, a form that Yevtushenko inherited from Vladimir Mayakovsky.
“‘Yes’ and ‘No’” is about a dilemma in which the poet finds himself. He sees himself shuttling like a train for years between the two cities that he has named Yes and No. He is torn between these two...
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