Eugene Onegin, Part 1, no. 272, Part VI summary
Part 1, no. 272, Part VI of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In VI, the narrator leads attention to a winding stream and a marble tomb beneath two old pines, where an inscription names Vladimir Lenski as the dead poet. The passage shifts from spring birdsong and blooming flowers to a memorial that records his early death and asks for his peaceful rest.
What happens
- The narrator directs attention to a stream winding through meadows toward a river beyond a linden wood.
- A nightingale sings through the night amid flowing water and blooming sweetbriers.
- A marble tomb stands beneath the spreading branches of two old pines.
- A passing traveller reads an inscription naming Vladimir Lenski and commemorating his early death.
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What to notice
The inscription identifies the dead man with poetry and closes by asking for peace. It brings the landscape’s description back to personal loss.
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What spreads its branches above Lenski’s tomb?
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