Sentence of "Mystique": "Sur la pente du talus les anges The palindromic and anagrammatic letter patterns occur in the first Speaks to the nature and significance of the puzzle in the "Mystique," palindromic and anagrammatic letter patternsĬorrespond to other structures and imagery in the poem, suggesting that "Mystique" contains such an example of verbal play. The prose poem points to deliberate crafting. Intentions, verbal play that relates to a number of other features of Although it is impossible to prove Rimbaud's semantic, syntactic, phonological and rhythmicįactors" (167). Illuminations' coherence emerges through the "reciprocal Themes, in keeping with Susan Wirth Fusco's observation that the Wordplay is meaningful because it corresponds to the prose poem's "satyre" within the word "cithare" (105). In "Antique": he identifies the phonetic presence of the Thorsten Greiner provides a particularly persuasive example of wordplay Antoine Raybaud similarly observes anagramsĪppearing in a scattered fashion across sentences in the Illuminations,īut leaves open the question of whether they are a "marqueĭ'auteur, ou mode de travail, ou inconscient du texte" (105). However, he does not characterize such anagrams as intentionally O and u and the end of the word "fevrier" (Repetition 87). Matinee de fevrier." The word "ouvrier" is present in the Sentence of Rimbaud's "Ouvriers": "O cette chaude He points out, for example, an anagram in the first Theorized the existence of meaningful letter repetition, which in someĬases produces an anagram embedded in a sentence in prose poems Illuminations as "games" only metaphorically, as languageįreed from the need to communicate (190-92). Structure in "Mouvement" (254), but conceives of the (2) Kittang notes such phonetic repetition, including an anagram-like Phonetic patterns resembling verbal play throughout the Illuminations. Is only one of many that are possible (185).Īlthough critics discuss the prose poem as puzzle most often inĪnalyzing "H" and "Parade," many have observed To the puzzle in "H," while suggesting that his interpretation More recently, Seth Whidden proposes a solution "Hortense" with "l'Habitude," masturbation, in Guyaux endorses and develops Robert Faurisson's identification of In opposition to Todorov's position (Duplicites 108), Andre That one should not and in many cases cannot interpret the Illuminations (1) Kittang argues that the Illuminations are not intended toĭeliver a meaning, but simply represent "une combinaisonĭ'elements signifiants" (192), and Tzvetan Todorov declares Poems can be "decoded," some debating whether they are even "solutions"? Many critics have considered whether the prose If Rimbaud frames the prose poems as puzzles, does he inscribe The notion of the prose poem as puzzle informs the Illuminations. "poetique de l'enigme" applicable to all the in Little, Rimbaudġ8-19) and Pierre Brunel suggests that "H" articulates a Paul Valery describes the collection as a whole as "unĬryptogramme d'un genre singulier" (qtd. The theme of the poem as puzzle provides an interpretativeįramework potentially applicable to all the Illuminations given their Structure semiologique propre aux mots croises et aux enigmes" Identity of "Hortense." He also employs the language ofĬryptography in "Parade," referring to a "key" that "H" by directing the reader to decipher clues as to the Retrieved from ĪRTHUR Rimbaud casts the Illuminations as puzzles.
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