Salut monde
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| + | [[Image:Salut monde by Guillaume Apollinaire.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"[[Salut monde]]" by Guillaume Apollinaire]] | ||
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| + | "'''Salut monde'''"[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guillaume_Apollinaire_Calligramme.JPG][http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/17365532736/salut-monde-1-is-a-calligramme-by-guillaume] (English: "'''Hello World'''") is a [[calligram]] by [[Guillaume Apollinaire]]. Its form [[evoke]]s the form of the [[Eiffel Tower]]. | ||
| - | An '''ideogramme''' is a form of poetry that relies heavily on typographical elements, design, and layout. | + | The full text of the poem reads "Salut monde dont je suis la langue éloquente que sa bouche Ô Paris tire et tirera toujours aux allemands". It translates as "Hello world, of which I am the eloquent tongue which your mouth, O Paris, will forever stick out at the Germans." |
| - | It comparable in manner to onomatopoetics or [[onomatopoeia]]. With onomatopoeia the word said sounds like what it represents: Moo, Whack, Bang, ''etc.'' ''etc.''. In an ideogramme a word or group of words visually embody their content. | + | The poem is published in ''[[Calligrammes ]]''[http://www.archive.org/stream/calligrammespo00apol#page/75/mode/1up]. |
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| - | One of the first and most recognizable ideogrammes is [[Guillaume Apollinaire]]'s ''Il Pleut'' (It's Raining), written in 1916. It was published in his book ''[[Calligrammes]]: Poems of Peace and War''. Often this form is grouped within the [[Futurist]] movement. But, it extends beyond it. ee cummings was not a Futurist and his poem l(a is often cited for use of the ideogramme. | + | |
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| - | In November 1917 at [[Vieux Colombier]] Apollinaire stated in his lecture ''New Spirit and the Poets'' that "Typographical artifices worked out with great audacity have the advantage of bringing to life a visual lyricism which was almost unknown before our age." | + | |
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| - | *[[Calligramme]] de [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] dont la forme évoque la [[tour Eiffel]]. « [[Salut monde dont je suis la langue éloquente que sa bouche Ô Paris tire et tirera toujours aux allemands]] » | + | *[[French poetry]] |
| + | *[[Visual poetry]] | ||
| + | *[[Concrete poetry]] | ||
| + | *[[20th century poetry]] | ||
| + | *[[Stick one's tongue out]] | ||
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"Salut monde"[1][2] (English: "Hello World") is a calligram by Guillaume Apollinaire. Its form evokes the form of the Eiffel Tower.
The full text of the poem reads "Salut monde dont je suis la langue éloquente que sa bouche Ô Paris tire et tirera toujours aux allemands". It translates as "Hello world, of which I am the eloquent tongue which your mouth, O Paris, will forever stick out at the Germans."
The poem is published in Calligrammes [3].
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