THE BOOK OF POEMS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ... - TopReferat

But there is
only malevolence.
Guises. Masks.
Lies and filth. Lies and blood.
When I was offered
birth
I wasn't told that the world was like this.
So how
could I
not agree?
But now, home! home!
The poet no longer wishes to combine the earthly and the heavenly; she wants only to
escape the world and return home. This journey home does not lead the poet to the pure
simplicity of "Сложности," but rather demonstrates a blasphemous arrogance. She
claims that life was offered to her; she had the right to refuse it. In fact, she would have
refused it had she not been lied to about its nature. 172
As a result, the poet rejects not
only the falsity of the world, but also those who tricked her into being born, presumably a
deceitful God or devil. The hopeless task which the poet set out for herself in the
opening poem of Сияния—to create radiances of words on earth—has, indeed, been
proven impossible. Not only have her own words failed her, but she has lost sight of
God's Word.
While the book ends in retreat, the poet's spiritual journey is not over. The final
poem's title and closing word, "домой," points to the continuation of the journey—most
likely a return to the cycle of despair with which the devil once entrapped her, but
nonetheless movement. In this most summational of Gippius's books, there is still no
room for finality.
172 The poet's superhuman nature here is reminiscent of the poet's willingness to give up the radiance of
sainthood (святости блаженное сияние) in "Сиянья."
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