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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...TO A FRIEND I CAN'T FIND by JAMES GALVIN THE INQUEST by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE POET AND HIS SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE COURTSHIP OF THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO by EDWARD LEAR GLOTTO'S TOWER by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW IN THE PINK' by SIEGFRIED SASSOON TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM; FROM HER BOY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TO A YOUNG LADY; WHO ... REPROACHED FOR TAKING LONG WALKS IN COUNTRY by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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