Rimbaud's Novel: A Linear Analysis

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[...] (Lecture) How does Rimbaud describe the birth of love and desire in this poem? This poem is divided into four movements, each consisting of two stanzas. The first movement evokes the poet's walk, while the second highlights the object of desire. Finally, the third movement describes the young woman and her father, and the last shows the return to the café. 1er movement: « You're not serious when you're seventeen. « - One beautiful evening, goodbye to the beer and lemonade, « Loud cafes with flashy chandeliers « - We're going under the green linden trees of the promenade « The lindens smell good on the good June evenings " Repetition of "good" with mention of the month of June which makes you think of summer. [...]

[...] 3 movement : « The crazy heart Robinsons through the novels, « - When, in the clarity of a pale reverbere, « Pass a young girl with charming little airs,he mention of the young girl « Under the shadow of the frightening false collar of her father . "Hyperbole 'frightening' « And, as she finds you immensely naive, » hyperbole with the adverb « Trotting her little boots all the while, » animalization « She turns, alert and with a quick movement . « - On your lips then die the cavatinas . 4and movement : « You are in love. [...]

[...] « - That evening - you return to the bright cafes, « You ask for bocks or lemonade . « - We're not serious, when we're seventeen years old « And we have green lindens on the promenade. To conclude, Rimbaud takes up in this poem the codes of the novel to share his first amorous emotions. His story is shown from the point of view of an adolescent full of irony but above all with a great thirst for freedom and discovery of this world that is offered to him. [...]