Poem “The Rich Lord Has Blessed Us”- this grumble the credo of Oleg Olzhich. The Lord endowed Ukrainians with love and creativity, courage and readiness for self-sacrifice for the sake of a great cause.
“The rich Lord has blessed us” Olzhich
I believe, I strive - not in vain.
Immortal - majestic, clear.
Here comes the cloud and the warm rain,
I the solemn sky opens.
The rich Lord has blessed us
Gifts that no one can take away:
Love i creativity;
melancholy i impulse,
Courage i fire of dedication.
Sweet bunches of radiant wines -
There is enough on His merry tables.
Go boldly and take one,
The finest glass for your heart.
“The rich Lord has blessed us” characteristics and analysis
Poetry is not included in any of the poet's collections. Written in 1933. What pushed the author away from publishing them in the book was, perhaps, this direct speech, which does not hide anything, and the absence of symbolic images that would poetically hide the main idea. However, the fact that these verses have been preserved indicates their weight (otherwise they would have simply been destroyed as failed attempts to express the question raised). Poetry is a kind of continuation of the theme addressed by Oleg Olzhich in the cycle “To the Unknown Soldier” in the collection “Towers”.
“The Lord has blessed us with riches” by Oleg Olzhich , one senses the incredible desire of the lyrical hero to follow the desires of his heart, to live a true life. From the first lines of the poem “The rich Lord has blessed us” by Oleg Olzhich, one can feel the incredible impulse of the lyrical hero to follow the dictates of his heart, to live a full-blooded life.
The mood of the lyrical hero is sublime, he appears brave, decisive, wise, this is especially felt in the following lines of poetry: “The rich Lord has blessed us with Gifts that no one can take away...” and “Go boldly and take one, the drink that is most intoxicating to your heart.” The lyrical hero of Oleg Olzhich does NOT refuse the pleasures of life out of fear that these pleasures will interfere with the fight. He is confident in his strength and faith in his goal and appreciates every moment of life given by God to man.
"The rich Lord has blessed us" lyrics- the poem belongs to civil (patriotic) lyrics.
Poetry theme- life and struggle. Oleg Olzhich knows that the life God created is "rich and generous." Among his gifts is “love and creativity, longing and impulse, Courage and the fire of dedication.” This is something that no one can take away. He reminds us that life is beautiful, but transitory, so we should not waste time, we should do what the soul really wants at this moment: “There are enough sweet grapes and sweet wines on his merry trunks, go out boldly and take one, a glass of intoxication for your heart! »
Laconic in form, poetry contains only 12 lines, divided into 3 stanzas, rich in deep content. The poem is written in a high style, the author widely uses book vocabulary, including outdated words, biblical words, in addition, pronouns used to designate God, according to the requirements of the confessional style, are written with a capital letter. The past tense (“blessed”) is used here and only means the arrival of a new era. The named spiritual values belong to the desired future of the type of person.
“The rich Lord has blessed us” methods
- bright epithets: “solemn sky”, “rich Lord”, “sweet grapes”, “radiant wines”;
- apt metaphors: "on His merry tables" “Your heart is the most intoxicating glass”
- and repetitions emphasizing the duration of action "and believe and strive" accurately express the opinion “Immortal - both majestic and clear,” slow down the flow of language, give it triumph.
In a poem “The rich Lord has blessed us” Oleg Olzhich encourages you to follow the dictates of your heart and live a full life. He considers the Ukrainians to be a spiritually rich nation and this is precisely what should help them in the struggle for national liberation.