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The Drunken Boat

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Also known as: “Le Bateau ivre”
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The Drunken Boat, poem by the 16-year-old French poet Arthur Rimbaud, written in 1871 as “Le Bateau ivre” and often considered his finest poem. The poem was written under the sponsorship of the poet Paul Verlaine, who first published it in his study of Rimbaud that appeared in the review Lutèce in 1883. “The Drunken Boat” is written in the first person from the point of view of a boat that is adrift after all of its passengers have been massacred. The description of the vessel’s erratic course, its assault by storms, and the vast wastes of the ocean reflect ...(100 of 130 words)

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