Parisian Dream (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Baudelaire
- First Published: 1861
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, France or French people, Nineteenth century, Dreams, Paris, Water, Architecture or architects, Plants, Light
The Poem
“Parisian Dream” is divided into two parts, the first consisting of thirteen quatrains, the second of two. The eight-syllable lines rhyme in a simple, alternating abab pattern. Composed in 1860, this poem was included in the second edition of Flowers of Evil in the section “Tableaux parisiens” (“Parisian Tableaux”). The title announces a dream, qualified by the location “Paris,” the loved and hated city to which Charles Baudelaire devoted much of his verse and in which he lived most of his creative life.
Part I recounts a dream...
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