Je n'ai pas oublié, voisine de la ville (I've not forgotten, near the town)

Charles Baudelaire 1821 (Paris) – 1867 (Paris)



I've not forgotten, near to the town,
our white house, small but alone:
its Pomona of plaster, its Venus of old
hiding nude limbs in the meagre grove,
and the sun, superb, at evening, streaming,
behind the glass, where its sheaves were bursting,
a huge eye in a curious heaven, present
to gaze at our meal, lengthy and silent,
spreading its beautiful candle glimmer
on the frugal cloth and the rough curtain.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEEFFGH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 407
Words 74
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. more…

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