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Baudelaire's poetry is characterized by its exploration of themes such as urban life, decadence, eroticism, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. His work often features startling imagery and unconventional forms , pushing the boundaries of traditional poetic aesthetics.
Baudelaire’s only collection of verse is composed of six sections: “Spleen et Idéal” (Spleen and the Ideal), “Tableaux Parisiens” (Parisian Tableaus), “Le Vin” (Wine), “Fleurs du mal” (Flowers of Evil), “Révolte” (Revolt), and “La Mort” (Death).
This is the definitive edition of Les Fleurs du mal and contains most everything except the "condemned" poems which you can find in Les Épaves (scraps). Fleursdumal.org is dedicated to the French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), and in particular to Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil).
The most beautiful poems in English by Charles Baudelaire: The Flowers of Evil all poems, The Albatross, Hymn To Beauty, To a Creole Lady, Beatrice, To a Woman Passing By.
Destruction. By Charles Baudelaire. Translated by C. F. MacIntyre. At my side the Demon writhes forever, Swimming around me like impalpable air; As I breathe, he burns my lungs like fever. And fills me with an eternal guilty desire.
Spleen. Charles Baudelaire. 1821 –. 1867. (I) February, peeved at Paris, pours. a gloomy torrent on the pale lessees. of the graveyard next door and a mortal chill. on tenants of the foggy suburbs too.
Les Fleurs du mal (French pronunciation: [le flœʁ dy mal]; English: The Flowers of Evil) is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. Les Fleurs du mal includes nearly all Baudelaire's poetry, written from 1840 until his death in August 1867.
