Arthur Rimbaud

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Lighter than a cork I danced on the waves.

Arthur Rimbaud

The Drunken Boat

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Author

Arthur Rimbaud

Source

The Drunken Boat

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le Bateau Ivre [The Drunken Boat]." Les Poetes Maudits, edited by Paul Verlaine. Paris, 1884.

Current Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le bateau ivre/The Drunken Boat." Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition, translated by Wallace Fowlie. University of Chicago Press, 2005.

I have bathed in the Poem of the Sea, steeped in
Stars, and milky, devouring the green azures.

Arthur Rimbaud

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Author

Arthur Rimbaud

Source

The Drunken Boat

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le Bateau Ivre [The Drunken Boat]." Les Poetes Maudits, edited by Paul Verlaine. Paris, 1884.

Current Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le bateau ivre/The Drunken Boat." Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition, translated by Wallace Fowlie. University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Arthur Rimbaud

A Season in Hell

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Topic

Life as performance Living inauthentically Life

Author

Arthur Rimbaud

Source

A Season in Hell

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. Une Saison en Enfer [A Season in Hell]. Bruxelles: Self-published, 1873.

Current Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "A Season in Hell." Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works, translated by Paul Schmidt. Harper Perennial, 2008.