Voyelle arthur rimbaud biography

Sonnet by Arthur Rimbaud

"Voyelles" or "Vowels" is a sonnet in alexandrines by Arthur Rimbaud,^[1] written in 1871 but first published in 1883.

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Its theme is the different characters of the vowels, which it associates with those of colours. It has become one of the most studied poems in the French language, provoking very diverse interpretations.

History

At least two early manuscript versions of the sonnet exist: the first is in the hand of Arthur Rimbaud, and was given to Émile Blémont [fr];^[2][a] the second is a transcript by Verlaine.

They differ mainly in punctuation,^[4] though the second word of the fourth line appears as bombillent in one manuscript and as bombinent in the other. The meaning in both cases is "buzz".^[5]

Voyelles was written by September 1871 and therefore before Rimbaud's 17th birthday.

It was Verlaine who published it, in the 5–12 October 1883 number of the review Lutè Voyelles / Vowels, a poem by Arthur Rimbaud - Hugo Heyrman JONY