I'm trying to read Illuminations but sometimes I dont undertand

>>9066087
You just gotta--

>Did I get meme'd (once again)?

jesus christ

>>9066098
Had the same exact reaction.
Sorry OP, I was going to write a 3 paragraphs answer to guide you, but apparently you don't deserve it.

>>9066098
This, only through Christ our lord & savior is there true understanding

>>9066107
Sorry, I asked to my friend to make the OP because I was in the bathroom, and he likes to meme and all that retarded stuff

>>9066087
Are you reading a translation?

Anyway, he's really not trying to "say" anything (beyond an ironic criticism of modernity). He's trying to give you an impression, a dreamy impression through symbols.

Don't try to understand everything, that's the key.

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No one ever posts mini Rimbaud

>>9066158
i get it but he gets too abstract sometimes, tfw brainlet
>Are you reading a translation?
y-yes

>>9066200
he only got qt at 17

Is reading symbolic poetry while high on weed cheating? When I read Rimbaud high it makes perfect sense, his poems are like being inside a tornado, but when I'm sober some of them seem like a bunch of non-sense