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COMEDY OF THIRST by ARTHUR RIMBAUD

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WE ARE YOUR GRANDPARENTS, %THE ONES OF EMINENCE!
Last Line: TO DIE IN THESE HUMID VIOLETS %WHOSE AURORAS FILL THESE FORESTS?

Poem Sources:

FOUR FRENCH SYMBOLIST POETS; BAUDELAIRE, RIMBAUD, VERLAINE, MALLARME.
  PESCHEL, ENID RHODES (TR.)
  (1981)
 



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