Rimbaud

[ ram-boh; French ran-boh ]

/ ræmˈboʊ; French rɛ̃ˈboʊ /

noun

(Jean Ni·co·las) Ar·thur

[zhahn nee-kaw-lah ar-tyr] /ʒɑ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ arˈtür/,1854–91, French poet.

Example sentences from the Web for rimbaud

But far and away the biggest problem was the later, turncoat Rimbaud, the angel who amputated his own wings.

When Your Hero’s an SOB |Bruce Duffy |August 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Imagine, then, standing on this wind-swept height as Rimbaud did, almost out of your mind with the sheer power of your mind.

When Your Hero’s an SOB |Bruce Duffy |August 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
I already feel the breath of failure on my neck, aware that Rimbaud published his first immortal poem at 15.

Juvenilia: A Bibliography |Eric Puchner |February 15, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Rimbaud had nothing nice to say about it, having lived much of his life around there.

A Novel That's the Best Medicine |Tina Brown |February 11, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

I confess I prefer Laforgue, who at his most cryptic is never so wildly tantalising as Rimbaud.

Ivory Apes and Peacocks |James Huneker
Rimbaud's effects seem often to come as the beauty of certain silver crystals produced by chemical means.

Instigations |Ezra Pound
Then Rimbaud's grandiose Odyssey through the entire world began.

Paul Verlaine |Stefan Zweig
The provincial associations of Charleville filled Rimbaud with disgust and unrest.

Paul Verlaine |Stefan Zweig
His tendency toward strong, cynical and lascivious conversation met a genial match in Rimbaud.

Paul Verlaine |Stefan Zweig

British Dictionary definitions for rimbaud

Rimbaud

/ (French rɛ̃bo) /

noun

Arthur (artyr). 1854–91, French poet, whose work, culminating in the prose poetry of Illuminations (published 1884), greatly influenced the symbolists. A Season in Hell (1873) draws on his tempestuous homosexual affair with Verlaine, after which he abandoned writing (aged about 20) and spent the rest of his life travelling

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