Vladimir Ilyich Lenin by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Short summary

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A poem that is a kind of ode to the leader. It contains biographical data and recounts the events preceding Lenin’s death and his funeral.

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The poem, which is a peculiar ode to the leader. It collects biographical data and recounts the events preceding Lenin’s death and his funeral. The time of the work covers the period of the European revolutions and the industrial revolution.

Earlier, capitalism promoted progress, but then it became a hypocritical tormentor of the people. «The decaying carcass of capital» became an obstacle to the people on their way to paradise on earth.

«In the backwoods of Simbirsk» a boy is born. He spends the entire «fifth year» among the workers. Years later, «The bony and bald man» is in Switzerland. He rides in the «German wagon» and performs on an armored car. The hero of the work begins to fight the parties and world imperialism. He organizes prodrazverstka and endures the NEP.

The Bolsheviks are saddened by the news that «Ilyich hit». The poet wants everyone on earth to mourn «Ilyich’s death.» A huge crowd gathers at the sarcophagus with the embalmed body of the leader.