An autobiographical poem that reflects on the past while looking toward the future, Zima Station (Stantsiya Zima) is a narrative of encounter and discovery told in a strong voice. Inspired by a 1953 visit to Yevtushenko’s family in Siberia, the… Read More ›
Yevgeny Yevtushenko poem analysis
Analysis of Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s Babi Yar
This poem begins with the observation that no marker preserves the memory of the Jews and others whom the Germans killed at Babi Yar, a ravine outside the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, on September 29, 1941. Yevtushenko’s words (and the… Read More ›