“... In the exceptional talent of Vladimir Solovyov, poetic talent is not the most brilliant facet. An artist in his prose, he is often only a thinker in his poetry. He often writes interlinear commentary on his own poems and generally treats them intelligently. But, not to mention the fact that sparks flare up from Solovyov’s general genius in his individual poems; all of them, taken as a whole, represent a very important and characteristic page of his work, and irreplaceably complement his luxurious spiritual meal. Their form owes a lot to the influence of Fet and Alexei Tolstoy, they are essentially different and independent. Thoughts and feelings live in them, they contain a religious-philosophical worldview and lyrical confession.<...> ...no matter how prayerful, no matter how sublime, no matter how beautiful some of his poems are, they are intruded by the not always appropriate, but always characteristic of him, element of playfulness . A lover of comedy, a master of laughter, a master of puns, he sometimes disrupts that impression of religious concentration, which alone would be desirable. <…> In general, Solovyov is too witty, ironic and too versatile; ..." (Yu. Aikhenvald)