Death of the Poet

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elegy poem

"Death of the Poet" is a famous elegiac poem by Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov, written in response to Alexander Pushkin’s death and noted for its passionate denunciation of the poet’s enemies.

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Label	Occurrences
Death of the Poet canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	elegy ⓘ poem ⓘ
about	Alexander Pushkin NERFINISHED ⓘ duel of Alexander Pushkin with Georges d’Anthès ⓘ
addressedTo	enemies of Alexander Pushkin ⓘ society that persecuted the poet ⓘ
author	Mikhail Lermontov NERFINISHED ⓘ
censorship	subject to tsarist censorship ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire ⓘ
criticizes	aristocratic high society of the Russian Empire ⓘ court circles around Tsar Nicholas I ⓘ enemies of Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
form	lyric poem ⓘ
genre	elegiac poem ⓘ political poem ⓘ
hasInfluenced	reception of Pushkin’s death in Russian culture ⓘ subsequent Russian political lyric poetry ⓘ
hasLegacy	considered one of Lermontov’s most famous early poems ⓘ contributed to Lermontov’s exile from St. Petersburg ⓘ
hasPart	first part mourning Pushkin’s death ⓘ second part denouncing the poet’s enemies ⓘ
historicalContext	written shortly after Pushkin’s fatal duel in 1837 ⓘ
inspiredBy	death of Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
languageStyle	emotional and accusatory ⓘ
literaryMovement	Romanticism ⓘ
mainSubject	condemnation of the poet’s enemies ⓘ death of Alexander Pushkin ⓘ fate of the poet in society ⓘ
meter	iambic tetrameter ⓘ
notableFor	bold political overtones ⓘ passionate denunciation of the poet’s enemies ⓘ role in establishing Lermontov’s reputation ⓘ
originalLanguage	Russian ⓘ
originalTitle	Смерть поэта NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Russian Romantic poetry canon ⓘ
period	19th century ⓘ
publicationStatus	first circulated in manuscript ⓘ
rhymeScheme	alternating rhyme ⓘ
setting	Russian literary and court society ⓘ
theme	conflict between poet and society ⓘ hypocrisy of the ruling elite ⓘ injustice and moral responsibility ⓘ martyrdom of the poet ⓘ
title	Death of the Poet NERFINISHED ⓘ
tone	elegiac ⓘ indignant ⓘ
year	1837 ⓘ

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Mikhail Lermontov → notableWork → Death of the Poet ⓘ