vladimir mayakovsky july 19 1893 april 14 1930 is one of the most recognized and celebrated poets of the russian canon one of the leaders of the russian futurism movement which sought to capture the wonder of the fastpaced modern world and renounced the static art of the past mayakovsky completely bent the boundaries of language and introduced an entirely different style of poetry his irregular linebreaks his use of internal rhyme his control of meter and his sense of rhythm combined together to form his unique style his imagery is overflowing with allusions metaphors and hyperboles dante alighieri paved the way for modern literature while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance intellectual depth and emotional grandeur the portable dante contains complete verse translations of dantes two masterworks the divine comedy and la vita nuova as well as a bibliography notes and an introduction by eminent scholar and translator mark musa