One writer first encountered this work while living with a woman whom he called the living embodiment of its author. That writer, Henry Miller, wrote a meditation on the author titled The Time of the Assassins. Daniel Mendolsohn calls this work “a kaleidoscopic evocation of a man,” and thinks that the Foolish Virgin of this poem its most interesting aspect. In this poem, the narrator calls his ancestors “the most inept flayers of cattle and burners of grass of their age.” Later, he breaks completely with his ancestors, asserting that “it is necessary to be absolutely modern.” The poet wrote this poem in 1873 while at his mother’s farm, before his twentieth birthday. For 10 points, name this poem written by Arthur Rimbaud, which begins with the famous lines “once, if my memory serves me well.”
One writer first encountered this work while living with a woman whom he called the living embodiment of its author. That writer, Henry Miller, wrote a meditation on the author titled The Time of the Assassins. Daniel Mendolsohn calls this work “a kaleidoscopic evocation of a man,” and thinks that the Foolish Virgin of this poem its most interesting aspect. In this poem, the narrator calls his ancestors “the most inept flayers of cattle and burners of grass of their age.” Later, he breaks completely with his ancestors, asserting that “it is necessary to be absolutely modern.” The poet wrote this poem in 1873 while at his mother’s farm, before his twentieth birthday. For 10 points, name this poem written by Arthur Rimbaud, which begins with the famous lines “once, if my memory serves me well.”
One writer first encountered this work while living with a woman whom he called the living embodiment of its author.