Sergei Yesenin

Ocean Blue Jersey and the Eyes Dark Blue

Ocean Blue Jersey and the Eyes Dark Blue - meaning Summary

Winter Longing in Domestic Scene

The poem presents a short domestic scene in which a speaker converses with his beloved during a blizzard. She worries about household tasks; he replies with a poetic image of white flowers falling from on high, turning the storm into something beautiful. The speaker’s language masks longing: he asks her to tend the fire and bed while confessing that without her he feels cold and sorrowful, mixing tenderness with melancholy.

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Ocean blue jersey and the eyes dark blue. To my sweatheart, really, told I no truth. She asked, "If the blizzard whirling outside? It's time to make the bed now and the fire to light. And I answered, "Darling, someone, from the hight, Is sheding the white flowers to enjoy the sight. Yes, you light the fire and you make the bed, Without you my darling, my heart is snowy sad."

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