A rhyme's … a barrel of dynamite. A line is a fuse that's lit. The line smoulders, the rhyme explodes – and by a stanza a city is blown to bits. - Vladimir Mayakovsky

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A rhyme's … a barrel of dynamite. A line is a fuse that's lit.
The line smoulders, the rhyme explodes –
and by a stanza a city is blown to bits.

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About Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July 1893 NS – 14 April 1930) was a Georgian-born Russian playwright, screenwriter and poet. A Bolshevik activist before 1917, he became the pre-eminent poet of the Russian Revolution and one of the leading literary figures of the Futurist movement.

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Native Name: Владимир Маяковский
Alternative Names: Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky Vladimir Maiakovsky Vladimir Mayakov Vladimir Vladimirovich Majakovski Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Majakovskij Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski Vladimir Vladimirovic Mayakovskij Vladimir Vladimirovič Majakovskij
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