Blok n Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (<PH:a><PH:l><PH:I><PH:k><PH:'><PH:s><PH:a><PH:n><PH:d><PH:r> <PH:a><PH:l><PH:I><PH:k><PH:'><PH:s><PH:a><PH:n><PH:d><PH:r><PH:&><PH:v><PH:i><PH:t><PH:$>). 1880--1921, Russian poet whose poems, which include Verses about the Beautiful Lady (1901--2) and Rasput'ya (1902--4), contain a mixture of symbolism, romanticism, tragedy, and irony