Eugene Onegin, Part 1, no. 346, Part XXVIII summary
Part 1, no. 346, Part XXVIII of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In XXVIII, the narrator presents love as a power that reaches every age, but contrasts its nourishing effects on youth with its destructive effects in older life. Images of spring rain and autumn storms turn this contrast into an argument about how the same passion changes with age.
What happens
- The narrator declares that people of every age submit to love.
- Love’s force is presented as nourishing and improving a young, unspoiled heart.
- Youth develops under passion as a field produces flowers and fruit after spring storms.
- In older life, love resembles autumn storms that flood fertile land and destroy surrounding woods.
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