Although I am not a prophet... lyrics. Fables. Krylov I.

Ivan Andreevich Krylov went down in the history of literature primarily as the greatest fabulist. Its short, instructive, ironic fables have been known from childhood and re -read it with pleasure. Timely quotes of them have long become winged expressions, and Krylov’s characters fell in love with many generations of readers. “Of course, not a single Frenchman dares to put anyone higher than Lafontaine, but we, it seems, can prefer Krylov to him. Both of them will always remain the favorites of their unienated people, ”said Pushkin.

However, in Krylov’s work, a variety of poetic genres are represented: these are the arrangements of psalms, and philosophical thoughts, and friendly messages, and epigrams, and poems in case, and love lyrics. These works occupy a significant place in this publication and give readers the opportunity to get acquainted with different faces of Krylov’s talent - a poet who not only introduced folk speech into literary everyday life, but also in many respects anticipated the later discoveries of Russian lyrics.