Of all the things that drive men to sea, the most common disaster, I've come to learn, is women.

Charles R. Johnson

Middle Passage

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Topic

Dangers of women Ocean and sea

Author

Charles R. Johnson

Source

Middle Passage

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Johnson, Charles R. Middle Passage. Atheneum Publishers, 1990.

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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.