Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)

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"Charles Baudelaire was one of the greatest French poets of the 19th century. His work has been a major influence on Western poetry and modern poetry in general as, thematically, he was one of the first poets (along with Rimbaud) whose subject was often urban life and its dark side, with all of its evils and the degradation of its temptations. His poems, classical in form, introduced Symbolism, he is also known as a writer of the Decadent group. Baudelaire was moody and rebellious, imbued wit.. Continue..

Some of Charles Baudelaire Poems

Une Charogne

The Albatross

THE OWLS

THE GHOST

L'Invitation au Voyage

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	A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

- Charles Baudelaire

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