Rimbaud

[ ram-boh; French ran-boh ]

/ ræmˈboʊ; French rɛ̃ˈboʊ /

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noun

(Jean Ni·co·las) Ar·thur

[zhahnnee-kaw-lahar-tyr], /ʒɑ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ arˈtür/, 1854–91, French poet.

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How to use Rimbaud in a sentence

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
Long abandoned by her husband, Madame Rimbaud—or Widow Rimbaud, as then she insisted on being called—is another piece of work.
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

Arthur Rimbaud is one of many poets who looks different in his “complete works” than in his slim volumes.
Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|April 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Tailhade has painted his "Vieilles Actrices" at greater length, but smiling; Rimbaud does not endanger his intensity by a chuckle.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Rimbaud in that poem identifies himself more or less with the child and its feeling.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Rimbaud's effects seem often to come as the beauty of certain silver crystals produced by chemical means.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Like Chatterton, like Rimbaud, Haggart came into the full possession of his talent while still a child.
A Book of Scoundrels|Charles Whibley
I confess I prefer Laforgue, who at his most cryptic is never so wildly tantalising as Rimbaud.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker

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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