Clotilde
Guillaume Apollinaire. “Clotilde” from Alcools, English translation copyright 1995 Donald Revell and reprinted by permission of Wesleyan University Press.
Source: Alcools (Wesleyan University Press, 1995)
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Poet Guillaume Apollinaire 1880–1918
POET’S REGION France
SCHOOL / PERIOD Modern
Subjects Nature, Stars, Planets, Heavens, Seas, Rivers, & Streams
Poetic Terms Free Verse, Symbolist
Biography
Guillaume Apollinaire is considered one of the most important literary figures of the early twentieth century. His brief career influenced the development of such artistic movements as Futurism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism, and the legend of his personality—bohemian artist, raconteur, gourmand, soldier—became the model for avant-garde deportment. Although some critics hesitate to rank him with the greatest poets of the . . .
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SUBJECT Nature, Stars, Planets, Heavens, Seas, Rivers, & Streams
POET’S REGION France
SCHOOL / PERIOD Modern
Poetic Terms Free Verse, Symbolist
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