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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY, by MARINA IVANOVNA TZVETAYEVA Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Baptized by smoke and fire Last Line: His whooping archangel wings. Alternate Author Name(s): Tsvetayeva, Marina Ivanovna; Efron, Sergei, Mrs.; Tsvetaeva, Marina Ivanovna | |||
Baptized by smoke and fire, Taller than tower or steeple, Greetings, immortal Vladimir, Archangel of the people. He the horse and the driver, He the fact and the story, A shout, a spray of saliva: "Make way for my dray-horse glory!" He sits down where the mews is, Squaring his whopping shoulders. No diamonds for him! He chooses Cobbles -- the biggest! Boulders! Greetings, thunder of streets! He yawns, he yells, he swings His bludgeon again, and beats His whooping Archangel wings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOUNTAINEER AND POET by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING ANNE by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI TWELVE ARTICLES by JONATHAN SWIFT |
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