I was returning from hunting and walking along the alley of the garden. The dog ran ahead of me.

Suddenly she reduced her steps and began to sneak, as if sensing the game in front of her.

I looked along the alley and saw a young sparrow with yellowness near its beak and down on its head. He fell out of the nest (the wind strongly swayed the birches of the alley) and sat motionless, helplessly spreading out his barely growing wings.

My dog ​​slowly approached him, when suddenly, having fallen from a nearby tree, an old black-chested sparrow fell like a stone in front of her muzzle - and all disheveled, distorted, with a desperate and pitiful squeak, jumped once or twice in the direction of the toothy open mouth.

He rushed to save, he covered his brainchild with himself ... but his whole small body trembled with horror, his voice went wild and hoarse, he died away, he sacrificed himself!

What a huge monster the dog must have seemed to him! And yet he could not sit on his high, safe branch ... A force stronger than his will threw him out of there.

My Trezor stopped, backed away ... Apparently, and he recognized this power.

I hastened to recall the embarrassed dog - and left, reverent.

Yes; do not laugh. I was in awe of that little heroic bird, of her love impulse.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death and fear of death. Only by her, only by love does life hold and move.

I was returning from hunting and walking along the alley of the garden. The dog ran ahead of me. Suddenly she reduced her steps and began to sneak, as if sensing the game in front of her. I looked along the alley and saw a young sparrow with yellowness near its beak and down on its head. He fell out of the nest (the wind strongly swayed the birch trees of the alley) and sat motionless, helplessly spreading his barely growing wings. My dog ​​was slowly approaching him, when suddenly, having fallen from a nearby tree, the old black-chested sparrow fell like a stone in front of her muzzle - and all disheveled, distorted, with a desperate and pitiful squeak, jumped once or twice in the direction of the toothy open mouth. He rushed to save, he covered his brainchild with himself ... but his whole small body trembled with horror, his voice grew wild and hoarse, he died away, he sacrificed himself! What a huge monster the dog must have seemed to him! And yet he could not sit on his high, safe branch ... A force stronger than his will threw him out of there. My Trezor stopped, backed away ... Apparently, and he recognized this power. I hastened to recall the embarrassed dog - and withdrew, reverent. Yes; do not laugh. I was in awe of that little heroic bird, of her love impulse. Love, I thought, is stronger than death and fear of death. Only by her, only by love does life hold and move. April 1878

I was returning from hunting and walking along the alley of the garden. The dog ran ahead of me.

Suddenly she reduced her steps and began to sneak, as if sensing the game in front of her.

I looked along the alley and saw a young sparrow with yellowness near its beak and down on its head. He fell out of the nest (the wind strongly swayed the birch trees of the alley) and sat motionless, helplessly spreading his barely growing wings.

My dog ​​was slowly approaching him, when suddenly, having fallen from a nearby tree, an old black-chested sparrow fell like a stone in front of her muzzle - and all disheveled, distorted, with a desperate and pitiful squeak, jumped once or twice in the direction of the toothy open mouth.

He rushed to save, he covered his brainchild with himself ... but his whole small body trembled with horror, his voice grew wild and hoarse, he died away, he sacrificed himself!

What a huge monster the dog must have seemed to him! And yet he could not sit on his high, safe branch ... A force stronger than his will threw him out of there.

My Trezor stopped, backed away ... Apparently, and he recognized this power.

I hastened to recall the embarrassed dog - and withdrew, reverent.

Yes; do not laugh. I was in awe of that little heroic bird, of her love impulse.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death and fear of death. Only by her, only by love does life hold and move.

Analysis of the prose poem "Sparrow" by Turgenev

The autobiographical cycle "Poems in Prose" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev includes a lyrical sketch "Sparrow".

The poem was written in April 1878. Its author is 60 years old at this time; this boundary seems to him to be the last. However, something like that happened: after 4 years he was gone. The second homeland for the writer was France. There he made literary and personal acquaintances. During these years he created a cycle of lyrical miniatures - poetic in spirit and prosaic in form. By genre - a poem in prose, a short story. Narrative and reflective intonation. The lyrical hero is an eyewitness, narrator, and the author himself. He returns with a dog from a hunt. It should be noted that I. Turgenev himself was an avid hunter, knew a lot about hunting grounds in Russia and Europe, wrote theoretical articles on this topic. The work consists of 10 paragraphs imitating stanzas. The exposition fit into one line. The plot is impetuous, already in the 2nd paragraph, events are growing, this is conveyed by the adverb "suddenly". A new character appears - a chick that has fallen out of the nest. "With yellowness near the beak and down on the head": that is, an unfledged chick, not a fledgling, which does not really need help in such a situation (except perhaps to plant it on a branch). Helplessness is emphasized by the diminutive suffix in the word "wings".

The culminating lines are distinguished by the complexity of the syntax, suffocating intonation. With the "stone" comparison, a new hero appears in history - an old sparrow. He "rushed to save". The bird's despair is reinforced by the epithets "disheveled, distorted, pitiful squeak." Gradation of verbs: fluttered, feral, hoarse, froze, sacrificed. In contrast - "toothy open mouth". The writer, himself a hunter, happily calls the dog's nickname: Trezor. Two exclamations convey the narrator's dismay. Who would have thought how much "power" there is in a little bird. He recalls the dog and leaves, "in awe." This bookish word best conveys the feeling of a writer. Direct message to the reader: yes, don't laugh. "Love is stronger than death": a biblical quote. In the epilogue, the phrase: only love keeps and moves life. With this almost aphorism I. Turgenev draws a line under this little incident, which told so much to his heart.

The work "Sparrow" is an example of the mature work of I. Turgenev, revealing the theme of selfless love, irresistibly acting on both animals and people.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

I was returning from hunting and walking along the alley of the garden. The dog ran ahead of me.
Suddenly she reduced her steps and began to sneak, as if sensing the game in front of her.

I looked along the alley and saw a young sparrow with yellowness near its beak and down on its head. He fell out of the nest (the wind strongly swayed the birch trees of the alley) and sat motionless, helplessly spreading his barely growing wings.
My dog ​​was slowly approaching him, when suddenly, having fallen from a nearby tree, the old black-chested sparrow fell like a stone in front of her muzzle - and all disheveled, distorted, with a desperate and pitiful squeak, jumped once or twice in the direction of the toothy open mouth.
He rushed to save, he covered his brainchild with himself ... but his whole little body trembled with horror, his voice went wild and hoarse, he died away, he sacrificed himself!
What a huge monster the dog must have seemed to him! And yet he could not sit on his high, safe branch ... A force stronger than his will threw him out of there.
My Trezor stopped, backed away ... Apparently, and he recognized this power.
I hastened to recall the embarrassed dog - and withdrew, reverent.
Yes; do not laugh. I was in awe of that little heroic bird, of her love impulse.
Love, I thought, is stronger than death and fear of death. Only by her, only by love does life hold and move.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a beloved poet and writer who is fluent in the art of word combination and rhyme. He used different genres in literature, achieving greater effectiveness. Unfortunately, everything comes to an end. So at the end of his professional career, the poet wrote a cycle of miniature poems "Poems in Prose". By the way, Ivan Sergeevich also shared his thoughts on the subject of death and graduation.

The cycle of poems contains many poems, the meaning of which is pessimistic and not at all joyful. But "Sparrow" has only a positive meaning. This creation can be called a life and love hymn, which is stronger than any evil.

For a short amount of words of the poem, Turgenev filled it with a whole drama. The main characters are animals, but we will not talk about them themselves, we will talk about selfless love and care. And not only the love and care of the parents.

Perhaps many will perceive the dog as evil. In fact, the dog symbolizes a kind of destiny, rock. The dog has been catching game since ancient times. Instincts won't just shut off. For a yellow-bellied chick, a dog is a huge monster. The parent sparrow instantly jumps off the safe branch to save the sparrow. He stands up for his child with a mountain, although the size of the dog inspires fear.

The dog is greatly surprised by the dedication of the parent sparrow. She respects such an act. Although the sparrow is of modest size, even though the sparrows do not growl, do not hiss, but only squeak, he saved the baby.

Confused and interrupted phrases, agitated emotions form additional emotions, make actions dynamic. Using many adjectives and verbs, the author quite vividly and emotionally conveys the state of the birds.

Ivan Turgenev not without reason paid great attention to a small moment in the work, where a sparrow outcast defended a little sparrow. The author wanted to show the tremendous power of love. Because of her, all living things move and know this power. Only the power of love is able to defeat evil, and sometimes even death.

More than a hundred years have passed since the first publication of the poem. But it is still being printed, still being bought and read. It’s not in vain that the author finished his creation with a phrase that says that only thanks to love, life keeps and moves. This phrase is always relevant and true.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is known as the greatest writer, from whose pen many wonderful stories and essays, novels and prose poems came out. More than one generation got acquainted with his work, and not only in our country.

The greatest master of the word, Turgenev easily and skillfully clings to different strings of the soul, trying to awaken the best qualities and aspirations of everyone. Turgenev's works are so deep and good that they help a person to reveal love, kindness, compassion in himself. That is why the author's works remain relevant and continue to enjoy great success and popularity.

The history of the creation of a poem in prose

Ivan Sergeevich turned to prose poems only in the last years of his life. This is a philosophy of thoughts and feelings, this is a summing up of the work done during life, this is work on mistakes, this is an appeal to descendants.

As soon as the author had the right moment, he immediately wrote down such unusual poems. And he wrote on anything, on any piece of paper, as soon as inspiration came. Most of the prose poems were written on small scraps of paper, which he then carefully and carefully folded his dark portfolio. This is how the materials were collected.

The date of writing Turgenev's prosaic poem "Sparrow" - 1878, and the first listener - Mikhail Matveyevich Stasyulevich, editor of the journal "Vestnik Evropy" and a friend of the author. After listening to an interesting sketch, Mikhail Matveyevich was surprised by the depth of the plot of such a small poem, its expressiveness and deep meaning. Then a friend invited the already famous author to print his creations. But the writer was against it, as he believed that many of his prose poems are still personal and even intimate.

Later, Stasyulevich was able to convince Ivan Sergeevich to put his notes in order and send them for publication, in print. Therefore, very soon, in 1882, in the pre-New Year issue of one of the popular and demanded at that time magazine "Vestnik Evropy", the poem "Sparrow" was published along with other essays. In total, Turgenev selected 51 works for printing.

The rest, which revealed some moments from the life of the author himself, was published a little later. The date of their publication is called about 1930-1931. This is how the world of readers became aware of thirty-one more Turgenev's prose poems. These poetic miniatures were greeted with great enthusiasm and were so fond of the reader that they were translated into other languages.

I was returning from hunting and walking along the alley of the garden. The dog ran ahead of me.

Suddenly she reduced her steps and began to sneak, as if sensing the game in front of her.

I looked along the alley and saw a young sparrow with yellowness near its beak and down on its head. He fell out of the nest (the wind strongly swayed the birch trees of the alley) and sat motionless, helplessly spreading his barely growing wings.

My dog ​​was slowly approaching him, when suddenly, having fallen from a nearby tree, an old black-chested sparrow fell like a stone in front of her muzzle - and all disheveled, distorted, with a desperate and pitiful squeak, jumped once or twice in the direction of the toothy open mouth.

He rushed to save, he covered his brainchild with himself ... but his whole small body trembled with horror, his voice grew wild and hoarse, he died away, he sacrificed himself!

What a huge monster the dog must have seemed to him! And yet he could not sit on his high, safe branch ... A force stronger than his will threw him out of there.

My Trezor stopped, backed away ... Apparently, and he recognized this power.

I hastened to recall the embarrassed dog - and withdrew, reverent.

Yes; do not laugh. I was in awe of that little heroic bird, of her love impulse.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death and fear of death. Only by her, only by love does life hold and move.

Turgenev's plot is quite simple and common. The main character returns home from a hunt. He walks along a small and neat alley, where his dog discovers a small, just tiny chick, which lies right on the path. It becomes clear that this bird has fallen out of its nest, and since the chick is very foolish, then, accordingly, he himself cannot return to his nest in any way.

The hero begins to examine this chick, which has barely fledged. But for a dog driven by instincts, this chick is a game. And hunting habits require an appropriate response from her. And here the author becomes a witness of a real heroic deed. An adult sparrow rushes to the dog bravely and courageously, risking his life, who had previously sat on a branch and just watched.

An adult bird protects its baby from an attacking hunting dog. He squeaks desperately, pitifully, not going to give up. Of course, his size is completely small in comparison with the dog, but his desire to save his own child was so strong that the sparrow wins in this unequal fight. And the dog, feeling the strength and will of a small bird, begins to retreat with embarrassment and guilt. Apparently, the dog still felt from the sparrow his tremendous desire to live on his own, and to save his cub, which is why it was not physical strength that won, but moral.

The ending of Turgenev's poem is not sad and not tragic, as one might expect. The hero of the work recalls the dog and leaves with it in a good mood. He is convinced that love can conquer everything in the world and overcome any obstacles and obstacles.

Characteristics of the characters of the poem in prose "Sparrow"


In Turgenev's prose poem, heroes play a special role, whose actions and feelings complement the plot. There are only four characters in the plot:

➥ Dog.
➥ Human.
➥ An adult sparrow.
➥ Small and defenseless chick.


It is no coincidence that each character appears in Turgenev's plot, since he carries his own value for understanding the content. A man is a hunter who, it seems, cannot have pity for birds and animals, which he kills almost every day. But still, when he sees a sparrow fight with a huge dog, he is touched by this scene. He is not at all upset because his dog did not emerge victorious in this fight, on the contrary, he is delighted that the power of love was able to win.

In the form of a dog, the author showed not just the instincts of the animal world. This is a real fateful rock, representing a huge threat. Since a person has a hunting dog, she immediately heard the smell of game and was ready to grab it. The animal cannot be interested in the fact that the creature in front of her is small and defenseless. The author tells the reader that the chick sees the dog as a huge monster.

Perceiving a dog through the eyes of a chick, the reader realizes for a moment that this fate cannot be defeated, but it turns out that love can still do anything. And this is clearly seen in the scene when the dog begins to move away from the chick. Moreover, he was very ashamed of his defeat.

A helpless sparrow chick is the personification of a creature that needs protection and cannot stand up for itself. Therefore, while there is a fight between an adult sparrow and a dog, he sits motionless and frightened. But his protector - an adult sparrow carries an unusual power of love that can defeat everything in the world. Despite the fact that the threat in the form of a dog is strong and huge, he loves his baby so much that he is ready to die himself, fighting for him.

Analysis of the poem

The beginning of the piece begins at the moment when the dog senses the game and stops in the middle of the alley, not far from the chick. When she starts to sneak up, the author leads the reader to the fact that soon something is about to happen. The culmination of the entire work is the scene of a fight between an adult sparrow and a huge dog.

The denouement comes at the moment when the hunter recalls the embarrassed and still not fully understanding dog in order to leave with it, recognizing the victory of an adult sparrow.

The small scene described by the author is a lyrical and emotional piece. The idea of ​​life and true love is embedded in this miniature. After all, the life of any creature can be interrupted every minute. And love is a feeling that is higher than the fear of death.


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