Rimbaud's original name was Jean-Nicolas Attier Rimbaud, a famous French poet. Rimbaud is one of the representatives of French Symbolist poetry and the founder of Surrealist poetry. Here is what I have collected and compiled about how Rimbaud died. I hope it will be helpful to you.
How did Rimbaud die?
Rimbaud's bohemian character made his character very changeable, which was actually the biggest factor in his death. His parents divorced when he was young, and he has lived alone until he grew up. You can imagine how difficult it is. Rimbaud had only one teacher in his life, and this teacher inspired him greatly. Especially in poetry writing, he saw Rimbaud's talent in poetry and began to teach Rimbaud poetry writing skills. Although Rimbaud was a bad boy in the eyes of people since he was a child, his teacher saw Rimbaud's talent. Rimbaud finally He also became the originator of French poetry. In 1875, Rimbaud met Verlaine, his biggest confidant in his life. They wrote, drank and lived together. However, an incident later caused Verlaine to go to jail, and they parted ways. Later, Rimbaud began to participate in the French Revolution, and began to join the army and fight, traveling back and forth in various countries. This was equivalent to Rimbaud withdrawing from the poetry world. Later, due to traveling everywhere and the fatigue of fighting, his body was already weak. Rimbaud became seriously ill. In 1891, he was diagnosed with severe synovitis and tumor. This disease was almost incurable at the time. Rimbaud died at the age of 37 because of this disease.
What kind of person was Rimbaud?
Rimbaud was a young poet who showed extraordinary talent very early. He wrote 60 lines of poetry in Latin at the age of 14, and published his first French poem at the age of 16. Before the age of 20, Rimbaud had completed "The Drunken Boat", "Vowels", "Season of Hell", and "Color Pictures" Wait for the masterpieces of poetry that will be passed down to future generations. Rimbaud was rebellious by nature and despised the secular world. He once wrote: "Why miss the eternal sun? Since we are determined to discover the divine light, stay away from the people who die in the cycle of seasons." Rimbaud even left his academic career because he wrote "Killing God". Rimbaud was a homosexual. When he was 17 years old, he met Verlaine, a married poet who was ten years older than him. Rimbaud, who was passionately in love, described the other person's eyes as "purple light in the eyes of an omega". Their love affair was short-lived. According to Verlaine A drunken quarrel ended with Rimbaud being shot in the wrist, and the 19-year-old poet gave up his love for words. It seems difficult to define what kind of person Rimbaud was, because after the age of 20, he began another legendary life. He traveled to Asia and Africa, and successively worked as a soldier, coffee merchant, and underground weapons dealer. Finally, he suffered a knee injury. The tumor caused amputation after returning to China, and he died at the age of 37.
Rimbaud is known as a representative of Symbolist and Surrealist poetry, and has also been labeled as a "pioneer of the Beats", but he is himself, just as his poems say : "I am anyone", also translated as "I am the other", this kind of philosophical thought is shocking to the soul.
Rimbaud's poems
Rimbaud had a handsome face and a pair of sad eyes. He believed that the whole world was hypocritical. The poems he wrote are like sharp swords that want to penetrate the hypocrisy of the world. As a representative of French symbolist poetry, he is not as sentimental as other French poets. What appears in him is more of the pure wildness of the poet. The poet Verlaine called him a man like the wind. Rimbaud has been a good student since he was a child. In comparison, Rimbaud is more mature because his parents divorced very early, which caused great harm to Rimbaud in his early years. Rimbaud's only first teacher was George Isenbar. He taught Rimbaud many things, including inspiring and changing Rimbaud's poems, which greatly improved Rimbaud's poetry writing level. However, the impact of his parents' divorce on Rimbaud was that he became an unloved child, and rebellion was his representative word. But it is this bohemian character that makes his later poems very bold. This is also his characteristic. Many writers have imitated his footsteps in composing poems, but none of them can imitate his charm. It can be seen how talented Rimbaud is in writing poetry.
Rimbaud’s poems are of great research value now, because most of his poems describe criticism of contemporary social injustice. It can fully demonstrate the chaotic situation of France during the Warring States Period.
This is also the biggest feature of Rimbaud's poetry,