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Subject: Solving A Complex Verbal Puzzle
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: tweasedale-ga
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Posted: 11 Mar 2004 16:01 PST
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Question ID: 315852
Using the Cryptopoem by Mallarme, provided below (English translation
is on the right) can you find the "THE NAME OF THE CIGAR" WHICH is
hidden within the cryptopoem:

A CRYPTOPOEM BY MALLARME: THE CIGAR SONNET

Toute l?ame resumee			The whole soul summed-up/begun again
Quand lente nous l?expirons		When slowly we breathe it out
Dans plusieurs ronds de fumee	In several smoke-rings
Abolis en autres ronds			Vanishing in other rings

Atteste quelque cigare			Bears witness to some cigar
Brulant savament pour peu		Burning cunningly so long
Que la cendre se separe		As the ash detaches itelf
De son clair baiser de feu		From its bright kiss of fire

Ainsi le choeur des romances		Thus the chorus of romances
A la levre vole-t-il			Flies to the lip
Exclus-en si to commences		Exclude from it if you begin
Le reel parce que vil			The real because (it is) base

Le sens trop précis rature		Too precise a meaning erases 
Ta vague litterature			Your vague literature
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