How to evaluate Lenin?

Lenin (1924) is a long narrative poem and an epic about Lenin and the revolution. For the first time, the poet successfully shaped the glorious image of Lenin in his poems and praised Lenin and his great cause. This long poem was written one year after Lenin's death. The whole poem consists of three chapters: preface poem and orthodox poem. Chapter 1 describes the development of capitalism and proletarian revolutionary movement before Lenin was born, and shows that the growth of Russian proletariat needs its own leaders. The second chapter of the long poem is the central chapter, which describes the history of the third stage of the Russian liberation movement, mainly describing the Russian revolutionary movement and Lenin's activities. Lenin's life activities are closely related to the historical development of the motherland. The third chapter of the long poem describes the scene of Lenin's death and the grief of the Soviet people and their confidence and determination to inherit Lenin's cause.

In shaping Lenin's image, Mayakovski resolutely opposed treating proletarian leaders as "God's gift", "Emperor's grace", "genius" and "superman". The poet said that he was "afraid that the beauty of sweet words insulted Lenin". Then, the poet said that he would risk "being trampled to a pulp", "throwing blasphemous words into the sky like bombs and shouting at the Kremlin: get down!" The poet said: "These worship ceremonies and memorial systems will cover Lenin's simplicity with sweet and greasy holy oil."

Mayakovski emphasized that Lenin is a member of the masses and has flesh-and-blood ties with the people: "He also has his own interests like us, and he also restrains his illness like us", "He belongs to the world" and is "the most ingrained person among all the people living in the world". At the same time, Lenin was by no means an ordinary man with his eyes fixed on the trough.

Lenin is the leader of the people and draws strength from them. Mayakovski focused on depicting Lenin's simple and ordinary character,

Lenin saw greatness in the ordinary and sublime in the simple. The poet said, "He is no different from you and me. If there is, his eyes are wrinkled because of deep thought, and his lips are more ironic and more determined than us. " However, "this is not a tyrant's' determination' to be overbearing and superior to you." "He is full of deep love for his comrades, and he is firmer than steel to his enemies", and Lenin is "the most humane person".

Mayakovski highly unified the qualities of ordinary people and leaders in Lenin. Lenin's image is extremely cordial to the Soviet people, but Lenin is an outstanding representative of the working people. The poet paid great attention to the relationship between Lenin and the party, and closely combined the praise of Lenin with the praise of proletarian political parties and the party's cause. Therefore, the image of Lenin not only has distinct personality characteristics, but also embodies the essential strength of the proletarian revolutionary movement.

Narrative and lyric styles appear alternately in long poems. The language of long poems is expressive. Poets sometimes tell historical events in a dialogue and narrative tone, sometimes express their inner feelings in a warm and cordial tone, sometimes reprimand their enemies in an angry tone, and sometimes argue with poets and critics who insist on outdated aesthetics in a sarcastic tone. Lenin is a monument of Soviet socialist poetry, which provides useful experience for literature and art to shape the image of leaders.