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A poem titled for this condition notes, “It began with a certain disgust and ended… in a panicked rout of perfumes,” and ends with the prediction, “now is the time of the assassins.” (10[2])In (10[1])a prose poem titled for this condition, the addressee is told not to be “the martyred slave of time” and to reach this state via “poetry or virtue.” (10[1]-5[2])A poem titled for this state notes, “I miss Europe with its ancient parapets!” (10[3])and was heavily inspired by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. (10[1])A poem from the collection Paris Spleen is titled for a command to “Be” (10[1])in this state. (10[1]-5[1])The speaker recalls, “I no longer felt myself guided by haulers” (10[1])in a poem titled (10[1])for this (10[1])condition (10[1])that a 16-year-old poet sent to Paul Verlaine. For 10 points, a poem (10[1])by Arthur Rimbaud is titled (10[1])for a “boat” (10[2]-5[1])in (10[1])what condition? (10[1])■END■ (10[9]0[16])

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