In the Clear Cold the Dales Grow Blue and Tremble
In the Clear Cold the Dales Grow Blue and Tremble - meaning Summary
Cold Landscape, Human Trace
Yesenin paints a late-autumn or winter scene where clear cold light turns dales blue and trembling. Sparse natural details—iron hooves, fading grasses, fog, willows—suggest passing movement and a landscape animated by memory or loss. The poem’s closing image personifies the river and hints at a human presence or departure, making the scene both beautiful and quietly elegiac rather than merely descriptive.
Read Complete AnalysesIn the clear cold the dales grow blue and tremble; The iron hoofs beat sharply, knock on knock. The faded grasses in wide skirts assemble Flung copper where the wind-blown willows rock, From empty glens, a slender arch ascending, Fog curls upon the air and mosswise grows, While evening, low above the river bending, In its white waters washes his blue toes.
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