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Part of the book: Verse Form and Meaning in the Poetry of Vladimir Maiakovskii

Robin Aizlewood

MHRA Texts and Dissertations 26

Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract.  In his major theoretical article 'Kak delat' stikhi' (1926) Maiakovskii identifies the basis of verse as a rhythmical 'rumble', and then, in a unique account of the creative process, he demonstrates the actual generation of verse from this bare rhythmical form to its final verbal form.

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