One of the greatest questions we should ponder over is if industrialism has sufficiently fulfilled our desires as human beings for happiness. But nothing could be further from the truth. As we stand before the dazzling screens of modern technological innovation, tethered in the capitalist greed game of ever expanding competition, a poet like Rimbaud might seem inconsequential. But they are also the words that Rimbaud would have liked to see still being printed today, for they embrace the blood, the torment, the sweat, and the vigor of life which his poetry sets all young men and women on fire with. We are in the swamp of “ennui,” as Rimbaud had forecasted, eagerly awaiting some kind of revolutionary flood that purifies in its destructive anarchic beauty.Īre these the words of an untaught, unschooled, rebellious adolescent admirer? Perhaps. ![]() Citizens of the West, thoroughly entrenched in the smog of industry, ever advancing towards the never-ending ideal of progress, are living with the constraints and conditions Rimbaud’s poetry evoked at the end of the 19 th century. The fire of Rimbaud’s revolt is never quelled. He had envisioned himself being the “seer” of his age in his early teens, as we see from his letters, but after his great productive period between 1870-1875, that gave us his major works Les Illuminations and Une Saison en Enfer, Rimbaud entirely quit the poetic enterprise to become an extensive traveler and trader. Although less known during his lifetime, and perhaps disillusioned with his own poetic worth during his life, Rimbaud’s life and work have gone on to influence countless artists since, from Jim Morrison to Benjamin Britten, and can continue to influence us today. ![]() And although dead at 37 due to cancer in the knee, he wrote some of the most stunning and memorable poetry, all before the age of 20. Arthur Rimbaud’s Revolt for the 21st Century Modern graffiti of Arthur RimbaudĪrthur Rimbaud is often called the “infant Shakespeare,” and is one of France’s most influential prodigal poets. He was born in Charleville, France, which is near the Belgian border, in 1854.
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