Vladimir Mayakovsky

A Cloud in Trousers

Avant-garde poem blending futurism, satire, and revolutionary rhetoric

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Vladimir Mayakovsky
Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian futurist poet and playwright who was the loudest voice of the Russian Revolution. His long poems A Cloud in Trousers and The Backbone Flute show his gift for rhetorical intensity.

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