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IF GUILLAUME'S DEATH HAD BEEN CHRISTIAN, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: And I'd been so sure he was going to die that through my tears I'd
Last Line: Guillaume apollinaire. But finish your drawing of his death and put a %silhouette of me on the lower


And I'd been so sure he was going to die that through my tears I'd drawn him on his deathbed. I
must confess I even had formal con-cerns. Next day he was walking around Paris, strong and
majestic.
One morning at Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre two big black cats squeezed me between them. A
voice said "Don't be afraid!" Sacré Coeur looked like one of those pink fortresses that
adorn the summits of Italian hills and he, Guillaume, high above, was like a bird with a man's
head.
Was he dead, our dear lyricist? My drawing wasn't finished. I bumped into him leading a group of
disciples: was it he or Dante? Very much alive.
Of course! Guillaume was not dead. A stout and clever priest said to me "There's no one more alive
than Guillaume Apollinaire.
But finish your drawing of his death and put a silhouette of me on the lower left-hand side."






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