"Pied Piper" - a poem by Marina Tsvetaeva , based on the legend of the Hameln Pied Piper . It was first published chapter by chapter in the magazine “Will of Russia” (Prague. 1925. No. 4, 5, 6, 7-8, 12; 1926. No. 1).
| Pied Piper | |
|---|---|
| Genre | lyrical satire [1] |
| Author | Marina Tsvetaeva |
| Original language | Russian |
| Date of writing | March — November 1925 |
| Date of first publication | 1925 - 1926 |
The first chapter was printed under the name “Rat rats , ” which was a mistake of Tsvetaeva herself. In subsequent chapters, the name was corrected for "Pied Piper" [2] .
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 The meaning of the plot
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Story
In the rich city of Hameln , prosperous merchants live peacefully and quietly, for whom only material values exist. Suddenly, a terrible invasion of rats begins in the city. Rats simply have nowhere to go, and no one knows how to get rid of them. Soon the desperate burgomaster announces that whoever drives the pests away, whoever he is, will become the husband of Greta, daughter of the burgomaster.
An unknown person comes to Hamelin with a pipe and with his magical music enchants rats, leads them out of the city, and they drown in the river. However, when Pied Piper calls for Greta’s hands, the burgomaster immediately refuses in horror, and Pied Piper is given a papier-mâché flute case for reward. The musician does not accept such a gift and says that he is still waiting for permission to get married with Greta.
The next day, the Pied Piper reappears in the city, but this time with his pipe captivates the souls of all Hamelian children, as well as Greta, and takes them, as before, to the water.
The meaning of the plot
Tsvetaeva claimed that the rats in the poem are a symbol of earthly petty concerns, the burgomaster is life, Greta is the human soul, and the Pied pipelines is poetry. "Life does not keep the word of Poetry, Poetry takes revenge ..." [3] .
In the West, the poem was interpreted as a satire on the communist ideals [4] .
See also
- Hameln Pied Piper (folk song)
Notes
- ↑ Marina Tsvetaeva. Pied Piper (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment February 6, 2010. Archived on August 19, 2011.
- ↑ Combined notebooks of M. Tsvetaeva
- ↑ Tsvetaeva M. Selected Works. M .; L .: Sov. writer, 1965.S. 770
- ↑ Makeev S. Favorite of children and rats // Top Secret: Journal. - 2006. - No. 8/207 .