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What is the best poetry book written in your language?

(It cannot be complete works or an anthology.)

>> No.8472568

>>8472531
Les Fleurs du Mal.

>> No.8472601

>>8472568
There's a difference between "your favourite" and "the best".

Baudelaire may be my favourite poet, but Hugo is objectively better, in terms of power, width, variety, and even quantity.

>> No.8472619

>>8472601
>but Hugo is objectively better
Most of the world disagrees with you here lad.

>> No.8472638

>>8472619
Most of the world can't read French, let alone French poetry.

>> No.8472671

>>8472619
Baudelaire was barely able to write a flawless poem (even his best ones have embarrassing flaws), and writing more than 100 lines seemed to be a superhuman effort for him. Also, he only wrote 250 pages of poetry in his life, which reduces his scope... and there is some waste in that.

All his charm, all his originality cannot mitigate these objective facts. You can't compare him with Hugo, who plays one level higher.

As a book (I mean: as a coherent unity), les Fleurs du Mal are one of the most ambitious and striking projects ever done, though.

>> No.8472719

yeats, the tower

>> No.8473019

Ces goûts de documentaliste ménopausée... C'est effrayant.

>>8472601
>difference between your favourite and the best
Pauvre chose

>> No.8473045

Os Lusíadas, Luís Vaz de Camões

>> No.8473109

Paradise Lost

>> No.8473170

>>8473019
>un livre loué par Baudelaire, Flaubert et Banville comme étant un des meilleurs de la langue
>"goûts de documentaliste ménopausée"

Calme ton mépris.

>> No.8473197

>>8473019
Ton commentaire est l'exact même que ferait un mi-Mouloud boutonneux... Mais ça ne fait pas peur (l'habitude sans doute).

>> No.8473407

Amers par Perse.

>> No.8473425

The Canterbury Tales

>> No.8473856

>>8473170
Un autre jour

>>8473197
Et bien, et bien. Tu sales beaucoup trop le peu qu'on te donne, cowboy. Essaye de lire un peu plus et de repasser tes contours au crayon, ta personne se transpire pas mal. C'est impoli, ça pue un peu.

>> No.8473872

>>8472531
Letters To Tarantu Babu

>> No.8473935
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8473935

>>8473856
>Et bien

>> No.8473940

Psalms

>> No.8475036

>some people seriously believe that Baudelaire is superior to Hugo
Truly embarrassing

>> No.8475037

>>8472531
Romancero Gitano by Garcia Lorca.

>> No.8475040
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8475040

"Cat" is the epitome of comfy.

>> No.8475870

>>8473045

Verdade. Truth.

>> No.8476785

>>8473856
>et bien

>> No.8476808

>>8473856
Eh bien *

>> No.8476812

>>8475040
Friendly reminder that "The Cat and the Fiddle" is canon in the Lord of the Rings lore

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8478115

>>8473856

>Et bien

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>>8473856
>>8473935
>>8476785
>>8476808
>>8478115