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Rimbaud, le poète, le « voyant », fut tout au long de sa vie, de l’enfance à l’âge adulte, en passant par son adolescence, accompagné par la Haine. Haine envers ses origines, Haine de l’injustice, Haine dans ses relations personnelles, la haine fut le vrai compagnon de sa vie. La haine lui a été « utile », tant dans sa vie de poète, que d’homme. Elle fut son « sentiment de lucidité », mais aussi sa « saison en enfer » permanente.

Rimbaud, the poet, the “seer”, throughout his life, from childhood to adulthood,, including adolescence, was accompanied by hatred. Hatred for his origins, hatred for injustice, hatred in his personal relationships, hatred was the true life companion. Hatred was “useful” for him, both in his life as a poet and as a man. It was his “sense of lucidity”, but also his permanent “season of hell”.