The Drunken Boat
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The Drunken Boat is a visionary, symbolist poem by Arthur Rimbaud that depicts a boat’s hallucinatory voyage as a metaphor for poetic rebellion and spiritual exploration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Drunken Boat canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French poem
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poem ⓘ symbolist poem ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Rimbaud ⓘ |
| authorAgeAtComposition | 16 ⓘ |
| centralMetaphor | hallucinatory voyage ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
disillusionment
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freedom and escape ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ poetic rebellion ⓘ spiritual exploration ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
landmark of Symbolist poetry
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major work of Arthur Rimbaud ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1871 ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1871 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Paris literary press ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | Symbolism ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Drunken Boat self-link ⓘ |
| influenced |
Symbolist poets
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surface form:
French Symbolist poets
Modernist poetry ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Baudelaire
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Romanticism ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism precursor
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Symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| motif |
cosmic imagery
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hallucination and vision ⓘ nature imagery ⓘ sea voyage ⓘ shipwreck ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | personified boat ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 100 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Bateau ivre ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular end-rhyme ⓘ |
| setting | imaginary seas ⓘ |
| style |
imagistic
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surreal ⓘ visionary ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
artistic freedom
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psychic voyage ⓘ the poet ⓘ |
| verseForm | alexandrine ⓘ |
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