The Drops
The Drops - meaning Summary
Memory Favors Sorrow
Yesenin uses the image of drops on windows to contrast bright, pearly moments with dark, autumnal ones, mapping weather onto mood. The poem observes that people easily forget happiness yet dwell on past suffering. Autumnal drops become a metaphor for persistent sadness that floods hearts and souls. The speaker wonders why memory clings to grief rather than to joyful times, questioning the human tendency to recall pain.
Read Complete AnalysesBeautiful are pearly drops on a sunny day When they shine in the arches of gold, Yet in sorry weather, on damp windows, they Dread like drops of black autumn's mould. People are happy in oblivion; (I was told) Their stature in the eyes of the others Matters not, nor do the awards of this world. (Are people living here, or yonder? I wonder.) The drops of autumn flood hearts, veins, And souls with sadness; they wander While they quietly glide on the window panes, What fun they seek, what joy? I wonder... Unhappy people, crushed by life, often foul Their future with soul-pains of old times, If joy relieves sadness and heals the soul, Why they recall the sad, not the happy times?
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