Lyrics. Rubtsov N.M.

When at the beginning of the century Marina Tsvetaeva called Akhmatov “Anna All Rus'”, even the most benevolent critics saw an exalted exaggeration in this. But the century ended, and it turned out that Tsvetaeva was not mistaken: according to a survey conducted by the Russian Institute of Social and National Research, Anna Akhmatova entered the list of the most outstanding figures of Russian literature of the 20th century, in the first ten: after the block and along with the Blok and along With S. Yesenin and A. Solzhenitsyn. Critics immediately called the young Akhmatov Russian Sappho, by the name of the ancient Greek singer of love. For centuries, the copying spiritual energy of the female soul has gained a way out in Russia in the poetry of Anna Akhmatova. For the first time, the woman gained a poetic voice of such a power: "I taught women to speak." The lyrics of the poetess reflected the motives of “great earthly love”, the psychology of the female soul, in her poetry the tragic notes alternate with bright, jubilant...