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Constantine P. Cavafy
Constantine P. Cavafy was born in Alexandria, Egypt, on April 29, 1863, to Greek parents. After his father's death when Cavafy was a child, the family lost their fortune and social position. They lived for seven years in
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Featured Poem
In Despair
He's lost him completely. And he now tries to find
his lips in the lips of each new lover,
he tries in the embrace of each new lover
to convince himself that it's the same young man,
5that it's to him he gives himself.
He's lost him completely, as though he never existed.
He wanted, his lover said, to save himself
from the tainted, sick form of sexual pleasure,
the tainted, shameful form of sexual pleasure.
Poetry Trivia
Question:
What passionate relationship between poets in late nineteenth century France is dramatized in the movie Total Eclipse ?
Answer
The love affair between Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud
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