The Moon Is the Tongue
The Moon Is the Tongue - meaning Summary
Moon as Tongue of Sky
This short poem mixes tender imagery and political declaration. The speaker links celestial imagery — a moon as a tongue in the sky’s bell — with patriotic and revolutionary identity, calling himself a Bolshevik and praising a universal brotherhood. The voice alternates between affectionate references to homeland and a stark wish for enemies’ doom, addressing "countrymen, brothels" and offering a song that heralds a violent "wonderful news." The tone is both intimate and unsettling.
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