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THE SKELETON OF THE FUTURE; AT LENIN'S TOMB by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE

Poet Analysis

First Line: RED GRANITE AND BLACK DIORITE, WITH THE BLUE
Last Line: THE ETERNAL LIGHTNING OF LENIN'S BONES.
Subject(s): GRAVES; LENIN, VLADIMIR ILYICH (1870-1924); RUSSIA; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; SOVIET UNION; RUSSIANS;

RED granite and black diorite, with the blue
Of the labradorite crystals gleaming like precious stones
In the light reflected from the snow: and behind them
The eternal lightning of Lenin's bones.



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