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Le Bateau ivre

Arthur Rimbaud

"Le Bateau ivre" is a 100-line verse-poem written in 1871 by Arthur Rimbaud. The poem describes the drifting and sinking of a boat lost at sea in a fragmented first-person narrative saturated with vivid imagery and symbolism.

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“The northern lights rise like a kiss to the sea”

Arthur Rimbaud Le Bateau ivre

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