Alexander Blok's poem ( Solovinyi Sad ), written in 1915, is one of the masterpieces of Russian Symbolism. It tells the story of a man who abandons his heavy daily labor for a life of mystical, sensory pleasure in an enchanted garden, only to eventually realize he has lost his connection to reality. Summary and Analysis

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Time functions differently in the garden. When the narrator finally awakens and returns to the shore, he finds his donkey gone, his path overgrown, and a different laborer in his place. Reading the Text

The narrator spends his days breaking rocks by the sea, accompanied by his weary donkey.