A room for readers...\_|_/
I've been thinking that...would be great if we could discuss some books or stories. First of all, it is a good practice and ...maybe interesting :)
For the beginning, I had to choose something very popular, that everyone knows. And ask a questions to discuss the author, a style of writing and other.
"A sail" M. Lermontov
<pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">A lonely sail is flashing white. Белеет парус одинокий
</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">Amdist the blue mist of the sea!... В тумане моря голубом!..</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">What does it seek in foreign lands? Что ищет он в стране далёкой?</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">What did it leave behind at home?.. Что кинул он в краю родном?...</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">Waves heave, wind whistles, Играют волны - ветер свищет,</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">The mast, it bends and creaks... И мачта гнётся и скрыпит...</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">Alas, it seeks not happiness. Увы! Он счастия не ищет</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">Nor happiness does it escape! И не от счастия бежит!</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">Below, a current azure bright, Под ним струя светлей лазури,</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">Above, a golden ray of sun... Над ним луч солнца золотой...</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">Rebellious, it seeks out a storm. А он мятежный ищет бури,</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">As if in storms it could find peace! Как будто в бурях есть покой!</pre><pre style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">
</pre><pre style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">Which hitorical events the author described here? What a poetic figurs the author uses to describe "a character"? What an image or a painting comes to your mind when you read this poem? What colours did the author use to describe his idea? What is your opinion on the poem?</pre>