Having lived a short, but very bright life, Mikhail Lermontov left a priceless poetic legacy, which will be read, admiring the skill of the poet, for many generations of connoisseurs of Russian literature. Each of his creations is unique. It is impossible to imagine Russian lyrics without the poems "Utes", "Clouds", "Rodina" and other poetic masterpieces of Lermontov. A small poem by the poet called "Sail" is so expressive and so deeply touches the reader's feelings that it is impossible not to love it.
Eighteen-year-old Lermontov was expelled from Moscow University, and this event caused a storm of emotions in his soul. He was deeply worried and didn't know what was waiting for him. In his thoughts, the poet wandered along the coast of the Gulf of Finland. There the poem was born.
When you first read the lines of a poem, you perceive it as an image of a picture of nature. However, if you think more deeply, you will understand that the images of sails and storms on the sea have a symbolic meaning. After all, the author of the poem depicts his fate in the image of a sail that does not seek happiness and does not seek harmony in life. It is the poet who longs for movement and storm, who "floats" into the future, despite the elements raging around him. Lermontov does not expect peace from life, he is ready with all his passion, like a rebellious sail, to resist the storms of life and defend his freedom. A poet by nature is a fighter, he does not want to languish in a quiet Bay, only an active life he considers life in full measure.
This poem is close to those whose soul is also alien to inertia and peace, who expect from life not dreary everyday life, but fire-filled impulses and all-consuming passions.
