Arthur Rimbaud was born in Charleville, France in October of 1854. He is remembered today for his influence on the surrealist movement and modern literature more broadly. He started writing at a young age and spent much of his life restlessly exploring relationships and the arts.
‘The Sleeper in the Valley’ by Arthur Rimbaud is a melancholic but beautiful poem that juxtaposes a lush landscape filled with color and light alongside a corpse that only appears to be resting.
It is a green hollow where a stream gurgles,
Crazily catching silver rags of itself on the grasses;
Where the sun shines from the proud mountain:
It is a little valley bubbling over with light.
Rimbaud’s ‘A Season in Hell: Bad Blood’ expresses alienation and a quest for deeper meaning amidst societal disillusionment.
From my ancestors the Gauls I have pale blue eyes, a narrow brain, and awkwardness in competition. I think my clothes are as barbaric as theirs. But I don't butter my hair.
Rimbaud’s ‘A Season in Hell: Introduction’ navigates from joy to despair, hinting at a quest for redemption amidst self-imposed darkness.
I armed myself against Justice.
I fled. O sorceresses, O misery, O hatred, it was to you my treasure was entrusted!
‘Historic Evening’ is the poem number 32 or 36 in Les Illuminations, depending on the edition and is a prose poem consisting of paragraphs.
He shudders at the passing of the hunts and the hordes. Drama drips on the platforms of turf. And the superfluity of the poor and the weak on these stupid levels!
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