I'm Back at Home. My Dear Land
I'm Back at Home. My Dear Land - meaning Summary
Homecoming and Elegiac Absence
Yesenin’s poem depicts a melancholy return to his native countryside, where familiar landscapes and twilight evoke both comfort and loss. The speaker recognizes the passage of years and the absence of old friends, responding with quiet sorrow and ritualized remembrance. Domestic details — the church dome, the mill’s water, the hearth — anchor the grief in everyday rural life, while the speaker’s prayers to the earth underline a longing for those gone forever.
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