L'albatros (poem)
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| L'Albatros | |
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| by Verlain | |
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| Written | January 1841 |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject(s) | Albatross, seamen |
| Form | 4 Quatrains |
| Rhyme scheme | ABAB |
L'Albatros (French for The Albatross) is a poem by decadent French poet Charles Baudelaire.[1]
The poem, inspired by an incident on Baudelaire's trip to Bourbon Island in 1841, was begun in 1842 but not completed until 1859 with the addition of the final verse.[2][3][4] It was first published in La Revue française in 1859, and was printed as the second poem in the second edition (1861) of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal.[5]
Italian writer, literary critic, and university professor Antonio Prete gave the poem a full treatment in his 1994 book L'albatros di Baudelaire.[6]
Text[edit]
The poem is located in the section "Spleen et Idéal". It is built with four alexandrins quatrains with crossed Rhymes (ABAB type), alternating feminine and masculine word endings.
| Literal translation | |
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Souvent, pour s’amuser, les hommes d’équipage |
Often, to amuse themselves, the crewmen |
References[edit]
- ^ Literature: World Masterpieces. Prentice Hall Literature. Prentice Hall. 1996. p. 905. ISBN 978-0-13-414624-9. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
The Albatross Charles Baudelaire translated by Kate Flores Ofttimes, for diversion, seafaring men Capture albatross, ... in the second stanza reveal that this poem was partially inspired by Baudelaire's memories of his 1841 voyage toward ...
- ^ Kunapipi (in Maltese). Dangaroo Press. 2007. p. 52. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Lagarde, A.; Michard, L. (1969). XIXe siècle: les grands auteurs français du programme. Collection littéraire Lagarde et Michard (in French). Bordas. p. 434. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ Chambers, R. (2004). Untimely Interventions: AIDS Writing, Testimonial, and the Rhetoric of Haunting. University of Michigan Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-472-06871-5. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
In 1841, Baudelaire made a voyage to the Indian Ocean, from which he returned with a tropical version of exotic ... In an anthology piece dating from this period, he describes the albatross as a bird that soars free, "prince des nuées," but when ...
- ^ Hemmings, F.W.J. (2011). Baudelaire the Damned: A Biography. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4482-0471-7. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
... mild elation when on June 9th, 1841, he boarded his vessel, the Paquebot-des-Mers-du-Sud, and sailed out of Bordeaux ... laugh themselves silly at the sight of its unavailing efforts to escape;for the albatross can take flight only from the open sea.
- ^ Sasso, L. (2003). Nomi di cenere: percorsi di onomastica letteraria tra Ottocento e Novecento. Nominatio. Collana di studi onomastici (in Italian). ETS. p. 50. ISBN 978-88-467-0728-4. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
Further reading[edit]
- Prete, Antonio [in Italian] (1994). L'albatros di Baudelaire. Lezione di poesia (in Italian). Pratiche. ISBN 9788873802853.