Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VOWELS, by ARTHUR RIMBAUD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A black, e white, I red, u green, o blue Last Line: -omega, the violet ray of his eyes! | ||||||||
A black, E white, I red, U green, O blue; Someday I'll tell your latent birth O vowels: A, a black corset hairy with gaudy flies That bumble round all stinking putrefactions, Gulfs of darkness; E, candors of steam and tents, Icicles' proud spears, white kings, and flutter of parasols; I, purple blood coughed up, laughter of lovely lips In anger or ecstatic penitence; U, cycles, divine vibrations of virescent seas, Peace of the pastures sown with animals, peace Of the wrinkles that alchemy stamps on studious brows; O, Clarion supreme, full of strange stridences, Silences crossed by Angels and Worlds: -Omega, the violet ray of His Eyes! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SEASON IN HELL: ILL WILL; MAUVAIS SANG by ARTHUR RIMBAUD A SEASON IN HELL: MORNING by ARTHUR RIMBAUD A SEASON IN HELL: THE ALCHEMY OF WORDS by ARTHUR RIMBAUD |
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