2007-01-23 10:29:54 · 4 answers · asked by ellie 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I would say he is and probably always will be important, he's affected a lot of people, some notable musicians. You should check out Charles Baudelaire too if you haven't already - he's someone that influenced Rimbaud! His best known work is probably 'The Flowers of Evil'.
2007-01-25 03:04:44 · answer #1 · answered by suede672001 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but for more reasons than his writing. I'm pretty sure he up and quit writing at a young age (for a poet) and took to gun-running in Northern Africa. There's even speculations that he was involved in slave-trading. I don't know about that stuff as much. But he remains "important" because of some obscure and strange gallows humor he wrote.
2007-01-23 19:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by SnowFlats 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does his importance to others matter? Will you abandon him if he's fallen by the wayside of popular history? If so, what do you mean by love? Isn't it enough his words light up your heart and mind?
To quote from the first Jefferson Airplane album, "Love is just a song we sing, fear, a way we die." Don't be afraid to be yourself, to love what you love, to make your own choices and suffer the consequences. Martin Luther said "Sin boldly," which I take to mean don't be afraid of making mistakes. Sooner or later we all die. Why waste a second of the time we have fussing about what others think?
2007-01-23 18:43:49 · answer #3 · answered by Philo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like Rimbaud II, where he want to the jungles of Vietnam.
(pause for yuks)
Okay, okay. Obscure but important. Really, does it matter if others are into him? If he speaks to you, enjoy!
2007-01-23 18:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋