A Cloud in Trousers
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A Cloud in Trousers is a landmark 1915 Russian Futurist poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky that blends passionate love, political revolt, and avant-garde experimentation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian Futurist poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addresses |
artistic rebellion
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class struggle ⓘ personal love ⓘ |
| author | Vladimir Mayakovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1914–1915 ⓘ |
| contains |
autobiographical elements
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dramatic monologue elements ⓘ irony ⓘ political invective ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| genre |
Futurism
NERFINISHED
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avant-garde literature ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-revolutionary Russia ⓘ |
| influenced | Soviet avant-garde poetry ⓘ |
| intendedForm | long poem ⓘ |
| languageScript | Cyrillic ⓘ |
| length | long ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poem ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
landmark of Russian Futurist poetry
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major work of Vladimir Mayakovsky ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| movement | Russian Futurism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Облако в штанах NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partCount | 4 ⓘ |
| period | Russian Silver Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | lyrical I ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| setting | early 20th-century urban Russia ⓘ |
| structure | four parts ⓘ |
| style |
declamatory
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experimental ⓘ fragmented syntax ⓘ innovative imagery ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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love ⓘ political revolt ⓘ revolution ⓘ social protest ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| uses |
colloquial language
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enjambment ⓘ hyperbole ⓘ |
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