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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...AFTER WRITING A POEM by DAVID IGNATOW THE FLAG GOES BY by HENRY HOLCOMB BENNETT THE ENEMY'S PORTRAIT by THOMAS HARDY CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS TO CERTAIN POETS by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER DREAMS OLD AND NASCENT: NASCENT by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE SONG OF HIAWATHA: HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |
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