A rhyme's … a barrel of dynamite. A line is a fuse that's l… - 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.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

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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 • Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский

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Hey, you!
Heaven!
Off with your hat!
I am coming! Not a sound. The universe sleeps,
its huge paw curled
upon a star-infested ear.

In parade deploying the armies of my pages,
I shall inspect the regiments in line.
Heavy as lead, my verses at attention stand,
ready for death and for immortal fame.

If you wish,
I shall grow irreproachably tender:
not a man, but a cloud in trousers!

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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