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Paul Verlaine was a pivotal figure in the late 19th-century French literary movement known as Symbolism. His poetry is characterized by its musicality, use of evocative imagery, and exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for spiritual meaning.
Learn about the life and works of Paul Verlaine, a major French poet and a pioneer of Symbolism and Decadence. Explore his collections of poems, his love affairs, his influence on modern literature, and his legacy.
Where Precision weds Indecision. It’s beautiful eyes concealed by veils, It’s a broad day quivering at noon, It’s the blue disorder of bright stars. In autumn skies, cool, with no moon! For we always desire Nuance, Not Colour, nuance evermore! Oh, nuance alone can wed. Dream with dream, flute with horn!
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A poem by the French symbolist poet Paul Verlaine, translated by Norman R. Shapiro. The poem describes a landscape of masks, lutes, fountains and moonlight, and expresses the poet's longing for love and happiness.
Paul-Marie Verlaine ( / vɛərˈlɛn / vair-LEN, [1] French: [pɔl maʁi vɛʁlɛn]; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry .
When a sighing begins. In the violins. Of the autumn-song, My heart is drowned. In the slow sound. Languorous and long. Pale as with pain, Breath fails me when. The hours toll deep.
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