"Blok was probably the greatest Russian poet since Pushkin; although internationally less well known than Rilke and Valéry, he is of their stature and importance. He revolutionized Russian versification by making use of a purely accentual technique. He knew, as so few now know, that only the poetry of suffering – whether it is a poetry of joy or not – can be great. His own poetry, for which he burnt himself out, demonstrates this."
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Martin Seymour-Smith Guide to Modern World Literature (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1975) vol. 4, p. 225.
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Alexander Blok
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (November 28, 1880 NS – August 7, 1921) was a Russian poet and dramatist, generally considered to be the greatest of the Russian Symbolists.
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