Wednesday, November 30, 2022

"A Dream for Winter" by Arthur Rimbaud

 

A Dream for Winter


In winter we’ll travel in a little pink carriage

With cushions of blue.

We’ll be fine. A nest of mad kisses waits

In each corner too.

 

You’ll shut your eyes, not to see, through the glass,

Grimacing shadows of evening,

Those snarling monsters, a crowd going past

Of black wolves and black demons.

 

Then you’ll feel your cheek tickled quite hard

A little kiss, like a maddened spider,

Will run over your neck

 

And you’ll say: “Catch it!” bowing your head,

And we’ll take our time finding that creature

Who travels so far



Enjoy the poem with beautiful music.


poem video👇 

https://youtu.be/sT719E_Wykk





Who wrote the poem "A Dream for Winter"?


Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891)

 

Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet known for his influence on symbolism and surrealism. He began to write poems in primary school, was most productive in his late teens, and completely stopped writing at the age of 20. Rimbaud had a reckless and dissolute lifestyle. He was in a turbulent romantic relationship with the French poet, Paul Verlaine. He died from cancer at the age of 37.



"A Dream for Winter" explanation


In the poem, the speaker describes his journey with his beloved in a small pink railway carriage. He contrasts the softness and comfort of the inside to the coldness and horror of the outside, full of monsters, devils, and wolves. In this romantic world of theirs, they kiss each other and are distracted from the harsh outside world.



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