Beauty and the Beast...

...though, which was which? Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine were French poets and lovers. Though Verlaine was a gifted poet, Rimbaud was a genius who revolutionized poetry while still a boy. They shocked Parisian society. Rimbaud famously wiped his ass with another poet's work. Verlaine was imprisoned for shooting, but not killing, Rimbaud when he tried to end their relationship.