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Verlaine At Paris: At 17 he sent the poem Le Bateau Ivre to Paul Verlaine at Paris and was warmly invited to visit that poet, who hailed him as a genius—recognition that is still accorded him as a pioneer of the decadent, or symbolist, movement in France. He remained in Paris until 1872, dividing his time as the guest of Verlaine and of Theodore De Ban-ville, served in the army of the Commune, and afterwards left Paris with Verlaine.They traveled in England and Belgium for 13 months and then separated after violent quarrels in which Verlaine twice attempted to kill the younger man. Rimbaud's Une Saison en Enfer (1873) detailed this extraordinary friendship. It was written in prose and was the only work he ever published.
Meantime, his friends supposing him dead, Verlaine had published his poems Les Illuminations (1886), including the famous sonnet attributing colors to the vowels, and these have had a great influence over younger French poets. A collection of his works, with a biography, was published by his brother-in-law, Paterne Bevrichoy, in 1879-1898. |
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