Pushkin in Exile: The Life of a Great Poet in Song
Journal: DigitalCommons - Linfield (Linfield College)
Year: 2019

The life of a romantic is a life of an exile. A poet is never at home—he is driven by wanderlust, the yearning for self-discovery, by love unattainable, and by thirst for the forbidden knowledge. A poet is a prophet, a rebel, a priest, and a revolutionary. Few romantic poets were content to search for this unattainable sublime from the comfort of their drawing rooms. Many became wanderers, and some were driven from their homelands by the powers that were, who viewed their unquenchable fire as a