The theme of historical memory in a poem A.A. Akhmatova “Requiem”

Abstract

At the turn of the last and the century before last, although not literally chronologically, on the eve of the revolution, in an era shaken by two world wars, perhaps the most significant female poetry in the entire world literature of the new time, the poetry of Anna Akhmatova, arose and developed in Russia. The closest analogy that arose already among her first critics was the ancient Greek love singer Sappho: young Akhmatova was often called Russian Sappho. However, it is impossible to reduce all of Akhmatova's work to a love theme. There is also a clearly expressed patriotic orientation in it. Anna Akhmatova's poem Requiem is a folk tragedy, which, in terms of its subject matter and issues, is still relevant today. They reflect the feelings of all people who have ever lost a loved one and experienced difficult historical events. This is a burning pain from injustice and a protest against violence against people, in particular against prisoners and people who survived the war. The lines of this work contain suffering from separation, but they allow you to share your sadness with others, let you see that you are not alone in your grief, which means that good will win and darkness is not eternal. In the center of the poem Requiem the lyrical heroine is a woman who stands idle in prison lines, waiting for her son's sentence, looking for a meeting with him. It is known that the son of Anna Andreevna was arrested twice. The second time he was sentenced to exile in Siberia for 10 years. The queues under the prisons testified that there were a lot of mothers, wives, sisters who survived the loss. Describing her experiences, Anna Andreevna showed the grief of all women.