Summary
Vladimir Mayakovsky: How are verses made?
Vladimir Mayakovsky, one of the most powerful voices of Russian literature and poetry of the twentieth century in the autopoetic essay How are verses made? he analyzes the entire process of creating his own "successful" poem, to Sergey Yesenin, by revealing the secret technique of the writing craft, effortlessly self-ironic, at the same time deadly revolutionary serious and hilariously witty, he synthesizes his views on aesthetics and individual artistic integrity and gives invaluable insight into the details of his personal creative process. Along with questions of language and prosody, Mayakovsky explores the artist's intricate relationship to the avant-garde, romanticism, history, revolution and suicide.
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