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Henry Miller wrote a study of this poet titled The Time of the Assassins. (10[1])This poet described "whistlings of death and circles of faint music" in a poem with the English title "Being Beauteous." A poem by this author imagines a "jacket" of "hairy, shiny flies" and "the violet brilliance of Those Eyes!" This poet included the sections "The Impossible" and "Bad Blood" in a prose poem that opens, "Once, if I remember correctly." A sonnet by this poet depicts its title things as "black, white, red, green, blue." This author described an object that sees "unbelievable Floridas" and drifts "down impassive Rivers" after its crew are “nailed (…) to colored stakes.” This poet wrote ■END■

ANSWER: Arthur Rimbaud [Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud]
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