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A precocious autobiography by yevgeny yevtushenko summary

          In A Precocious Autobiography, the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko gives an account of the first three decades of his life—hence, the title “precocious”—before.

        1. In A Precocious Autobiography, the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko gives an account of the first three decades of his life—hence, the title “precocious”—before.
        2. It is an account of the consequences of his very first piece of poetry as a youth in Moscow.
        3. “A Precocious Autobiography” is a conventional short story about a boy who is forced to live on the streets and contend with the street bully Red.
        4. 'A Precocious Autobiography' by Russian poet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, follows the story around the how he came to write his first poem and how this helped shape.
        5. Yevtushenko's autobiography is more than an account of his early years.

          6. “A Precocious Autobiography” is a conventional short story about a boy who is forced to live on the streets and contend with the street bully Red.!

          A Precocious Autobiography

          Excerpt from the book
          A Precocious Autobiography
          by Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1993)

          Precocious, as the Oxford Dictionary (2011) describes, is “having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an early age than is usual or expected.” This word in particular sets the framework for the excerpt that was analysed.

          I immediately saw this word precocious operating through both main characters. ‘The poet’ was precocious through intellect and Red through brawn, “Red’s shoulders were incredibly broad for a boy his age” (Yevtushenko, 1944).

          On the first read through, the excerpt seemed to be portraying a David and Goliath story, which intertextuality and my own personal experiences led me to believe.

          The story is that of a simple one; identifying a young man with a passion, living in a beat up neighbourhood in next to nothing conditions, who has to overcome the stereotypical bully figure that is blocking his chances to pursue his life goals and aspirations