Poem Analysis: The Bridegroom By Alexander Pushkin

The “Bridegroom” by Alexander Pushkin is an intense and suspenseful poem I read in Unit 4 of the Literature textbook. Although, when I first read it “intense” and “suspenseful” wouldn’t be words I would have used to describe it. I scanned through the poem and didn’t have an understanding of what the story was getting to. I then read it again at a slower pace and asked questions to be able to grasp the main ideas. After taking time to analyze the poem, I realized that the poem has a strong meaning that is quite different than your usual love poem.

The title its self “The Bridegroom” contributes to the readers understanding of what the story will be about. We have a narrator describing the story to us describing in great detail every emotion each character is feeling. “The handsome” wealthy man who we will come to see that is not the main character in the poem, but he does play out a big role when he lays eyes upon
There were candles of gold and silver around the room when she heard a noise of someone arriving she quickly went into hiding. She saw twelve men and one beautiful women they then proceed to get drunk when the woman starts sobbing the oldest brother then takes a knife kills her and cuts off her right hand. The groom tries to interrupt her story by saying "your dream is not evil." Natasha responds "then whose hand did that ring come from?" In a room of silence, the ring drops to the floor the groom is apprehended and put to death. Considered a hero Natasha showed her bravery by planning out how to catch this murderer in his