The meaning of the lyrics of the song "The Ballad of Love" (Ballada o lyubvi) the performer of the song "Vladimir Vysotsky"
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In his "Ballad of Fleeting Happiness," Vladimir Vysotsky uses a metaphor to depict the clash between pure, exalted love and the cruelty and mundane nature of the surrounding world. The swans, soaring "to such heights that only angels and groans will ever reach again," symbolize lovers who have experienced the highest happiness of the unity of souls
The ballad "Coquillon" by Vladimir Vysotsky uses irony and sarcasm to portray the image of a passionate but not very successful scientist. Coquillon is a parody of the stereotypical genius who is consumed by his idea but remains oblivious to everything else, makes mistakes, and ultimately becomes a victim of his own experiment
In his "Ballad of a Short Neck," Vladimir Vysotsky employs allegory to address conformity and its cost. The poem contrasts two types of individuals those "with a short neck" and those who "stretch their necks
In his ballad "About Childhood," Vladimir Vysotsky describes his childhood, which fell on the war and post-war years, with bitter irony and piercing sincerity. He draws parallels between his birth, conception in difficult times, and the fate of a generation born in an era of change and trials
In Vladimir Vysotsky's ballad "The Plaster Cast Ballad," the lyrical hero finds a strange satisfaction in his unenviable situation - he is encased in plaster after a serious accident. The text is full of black humor and sarcasm, behind which lies a deep psychological portrait of a person seeking protection from the outside world
In Vladimir Vysotsky's "Ballad of Time", the author reflects on the connection between times, on what remains unchanged despite the course of history. He uses the metaphor of time as a castle hidden under layers of the past
