How did Mayakovsky use language and form in his poetry?
You want to know how I speak? Listen! I don't tiptoe; I stomp! My lines are not neat little rows for timid eyes. I build staircases of words, leaping from a 'cloud in trousers' to the cosmic vastness of the sun. I use bold typography, making the page itself a dynamic force. My rhythm is the pounding of machines, the marching of workers. I smash bourgeois grammar, inventing words, twisting syntax to fit the raw energy of my ideas. I want every syllable to hit like a blow, to ignite understanding and action in the heart of the country.
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