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To Delia

Alexander Pushkin · 1812–1816

An early handwritten draft by the young Pushkin of his poem "To Delia," written in the 1810s.

A manuscript in Pushkin's own hand from his youth, showing his early poetic drafts and revisions.

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Scanned page of a handwritten manuscript in Russian Cyrillic script, with crossed-out lines and revisions, a round museum stamp at upper right, and a signature at the bottom. Faint marginalia run along the left edge.
Alexander Pushkin, autograph draft of "To Delia," 1810s.

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What it is

This is a scanned manuscript page in Pushkin's own hand containing a draft of his poem "To Delia," written sometime between 1812 and 1816, when he was still a teenager.

Why it matters

The crossed-out lines and revisions show Pushkin's writing process at a young age, before he became Russia's most famous poet. It is useful for studying how his style developed from his earliest years.

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  • What do the crossed-out words suggest about how Pushkin revised his poems?
  • Why might museums stamp manuscripts like this one?
  • What does this early draft leave out about Pushkin's later, more famous work?

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