“So, she is called Tatyana.

Not a beauty like her sister,

Lacking rosy cheeks, the manner,

To attract a passing lover.

Melancholy, wild, retiring,

Like a doe seen in a clearing,

Fleeing at the sign of danger”

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The painting pictures exactly that moment of Tatiana's life when she receives Onegin's letter. Tried to put in all her memories of long felt but never forgotten love for him.