Literary theorist John Rodden compares him to the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, who eulogized Lenin and the Soviet Union, although Mayakovsky neither wrote anthems nor praised Stalin in his poems.
lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi θˈiəɹɪst dʒˈɑːn ɹˈɑːdən kəmpˈɛɹz hˌɪm tə ðə pˈoʊɪt vlˈædɪmˌɪɹ mˌeɪɐkˈɑːvski, hˌuː jˈuːlədʒˌaɪzd lˈɛnɪn ænd ðə sˈoʊviət jˈuːniən, ɔːlðˈoʊ mˌeɪɐkˈɑːvski nˈiːðɚ ɹˈoʊt ˈænθəmz nˈɔːɹ pɹˈeɪzd stˈɑːlɪn ɪn hɪz pˈoʊᵻmz.