To the Beauty
To the Beauty - meaning Summary
Beauty as Sacred Presence
The poem celebrates an idealized woman whose presence transcends ordinary passion and social rivalry. Pushkin (in translation) shows her as calm, self-contained, and luminous, causing other beauties to fade and onlookers to fall silent. Encounters with her arrest the heart and stop familiar joys, producing a reverent, prayerlike awe rather than erotic excitement. The tone is admiring and numinous, focused on the impact her beauty exerts on observers.
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