''Three Palms'' (''Три Пальмы'') is one of the most famous poetic works of the Russian poet
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...
. The poem was created in 1839. It was published for the first time in the literary magazine ''Domestic notes'' 1839, volume V, #8, section III, p. 168-170. The poem appeared in the Collected works of M. Lermontov published by Elias Glazunov and Co. in 1840. Lermontov composed the poem in
amphibrach tetrameter, the same meter and strophe used by
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...
in his ''Imitation of the Koran'', part IX, "And a weary traveler murmured to God..."
References
"Lermontov, Mikhail Yurievich". az.lib.ru. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
*Works by M.Y.Lermontov in 4 volumes. Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishers. Moscow, 1959.
* ttp://samlib.ru/s/sharafutdinow_f_z/threepalms.shtml Three Palms by Mikhail Lermontov, Шарафутдинов Эмильbr>Three Palms by Mikhail LermontovPublished for the first time in the literary magazine "Domestic Notes", 1839, volume V, # 8, section III, p. 168—170
External links
Online Lermontov Shrine (in Russian)
Russian poems
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