Sergey Yesenin and his poems
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write five important events in Yesenin’s life with dates.
1895 birth; at 17 to Moscow; 1915 meeting with Blok in Petrograd; 1922–1923 Europe and the USA; 1925 death.
2
Write the Eastern words in “Persian Motifs” (at least five).
Gate, fairy, fairy-faced, tea-house, deer-eyed, tulip-coloured, royal scarf.
3
Write the garden episode of “Singlimga xat” in your own words in four sentences.
The orchard was cut for crops; the children wept; white birches and May became memories.
4
How do homeland and son merge for the mother in “Ona ibodati”? Write two sentences.
The son’s courageous end is linked with the defence of the homeland; the mother sees her son as an image of the homeland.
5
Choose a poem by Yesenin, learn two stanzas and recite them in class.
An exercise; depends on the chosen poem.