Objectif: découvrir un poème sur l’automne.
Paul-Marie Verlaine 30 March 1844–8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He was elected France's "Prince of Poets" by his peers. His poetry was admired and recognized as ground-breaking, serving as a source of inspiration. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.
Paul VERLAINE
Paul Verlaine peint par Gustave Courbet
Can you put the different parts of Verlaine’s life in the right order? erlaine then meets the poet Rimbaud who will have a great impact on h
n July 1873 in a drunken, jealous rage, e fired two shots with a pistol at Rimbaud, ounding his left wrist, though not seriously injuring the poet. s an indirect result of this incident, Verlaine was arrested nd imprisoned.
He died in Paris at Born in Metz, he began writing poetry at the age of 51 an early age. on 8 January 1896. His first published collection was Poèmes Saturniens (1866) when he was 22.. last years saw his descent into drug addiction, alcoholism, and poverty n slums and public hospitals, and spent his days drinking absinthe in Pa
Following his release from prison, Verlaine travelled to England, where he worked for some years as a teacher and produced another successful collection, Sagesse.
What is Symbolism? Highlight the words related to it:
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Travail en paires. Les mots importants du poème:
• Sanglot: sob • Blesser: to injure, to hurt, to wound • Langueur: languor, lethargy • Monotone • Suffocant: suffocating, stifling • Blême: pale • Sonner: to ring, to strike • Se souvenir: to
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Anciens: ancient, old Pleurer: to cry Vent: wind Mauvais: bad Emporter: to sweep away • Pareil: similar, such • Feuille: leave • Morte: dead
About the poem: It is one of the best known in the French language. It is included in Verlaine's first collection, Poèmes Saturniens (1866). The first and second lines of the poem (Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne / Blessent mon cœur d'une langueur monotone.) were broadcast by the Allies over Radio Londres in 1944 as a code message to the French Resistance in
Paul VERLAINE (1844-1896)
Chanson d'automne Poèmes saturniens
Les sanglots longs Des violons De l'automne
Blessent mon coeur D'une langueur Monotone.
Tout suffocant Et blême, quand Sonne l'heure,
Je me souviens Des jours anciens Et je pleure
Et je m'en vais Au vent mauvais Qui m'emporte
Deçà, delà, Pareil à la Feuille morte.
Chanson d’automne: Les sanglots longs Des violons De l'automne Blessent mon coeur D'une langueur Monotone. Tout suffocant Et blême, quand Sonne l'heure, Je me souviens Des jours anciens Et je pleure
Et je m'en vais Au vent mauvais Qui m'emporte Deçà, delà, Pareil à la Feuille morte.
Qu’est-ce que ce poème raconte sur l’automne?
L’AUTOMNE
Ecris un poème sur l’automne avec bonjour….., au revoir……: Bonjour l’automne, au revoir l’été. Bonjour les feuilles mortes, au revoir les feuilles vivantes. Bonjour……., au revoir………..