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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...YEARS OF THE MODERN by WALT WHITMAN MEN OF GENIUS by MATTHEW ARNOLD LYRIC by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE HILL CIRCLE by FRANCES HALLEY BROCKETT EPIGRAM TO DON ANTONIO, KING OF PORTUGAL by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 17 by THOMAS CAMPION OLNEY HYMNS: 67. I WILL PRAISE THE LORD AT ALL TIMES by WILLIAM COWPER THE MOSS SUPPLICATETH FOR THE POET by RICHARD HENRY DANA (1787-1879) |
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