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Fair lake, and in thy forelands' smiling fronts, In thy dark pines and thy wild cliffs impending. Over thy crystal fonts, In the winds passing, with a trembling lightness, Heard in the echoes that thy shores throw far, Seen in the beams that fall with sheeny whiteness. Wave-borne from the clear star!
Nov 18, 2023 · Ah, Romanticism! This is a long but powerful poem that mimics the passage of time.Lamartine once saved Julie Charles from drowning in the lac du Bourget. Jul...
Born in Mâcon, Burgundy, on 21 October 1790, [3] into a family of the French provincial nobility, Lamartine spent his youth at the family estate. He is famous for his partly autobiographical poem, "Le lac" ("The Lake"), which describes in retrospect the fervent love shared by a couple from the point of view of the bereaved man.
Analysis (ai): This poem reflects the Romantic theme of transience and the fleeting nature of time. It expresses the speaker's regret for the passing of a cherished moment shared on the lake with a loved one. The poem's structure is cyclical, beginning and ending with the imagery of the lake and its surroundings.
The Lake Alphonse de Lamartine So driven onward to new shores forever, Into the night eternal swept away, Upon the sea of time can we not ever Drop anchor for one day? O Lake! Scarce has a single year coursed past. To waves that she was meant to see again, I come alone to sit upon this stone You saw her sit on then.
Feb 17, 2021 · In “The Lake,” Lamartine draws from the ancient mode of pastoral elegy, which posits a sentient nature that mourns with the speaker over a lost beloved, but with none of the assurance of the classical elegists. Type. Chapter. Information. Romanticism: 100 Poems , pp. 82 - 84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108867337.025.
and in Lamartine s poems, "Le lac" / "The Lake? "L'homme" / "Man" "Au Rossignol" / "To the Nightingale" and "Réflexion" / "Reflection," will reveal how the Carmelite saint transforms traditional elements of French romantic poetry into spiritual Realism. A very musical poem, "Le lac" / "The Lake" is one of the most popular
