Eugene Onegin, Part 1, no. 162, Part XXV summary
Part 1, no. 162, Part XXV of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In XXV, Lenski expresses sincere love for Olga through abundant elegies rather than conventional album verses or cold praise. The narrator compares his writing with Yazykoff’s inspired love poetry, suggesting that collected poems can record a poet’s life and fate.
What happens
- Lenski avoids writing madrigals in Olga’s album and directs his poetry toward sincere love.
- He makes claims about Olga that nobody has noticed or heard, yet his many elegies seem sincere and believable.
- The narrator addresses Yazykoff, comparing his inspired love poems with Lenski’s verse.
- The narrator presents Yazykoff’s collected elegies as a possible record of his life and fate.
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