The Eyes of Beauty
The Eyes of Beauty, by Charles Pierre Baudelaire: A collection of poems exploring the concept of beauty and its relationship with the human experience.
By Charles Pierre Baudelaire · First published 1856 · Genre: Poetry, Symbolism, Romanticism · 167 words
First lines
You are a sky of autumn, pale and rose; But all the sea of sadness in my blood Surges, and ebbing, leaves my lips morose, Salt with the memory of the bitter flood.
In vain your hand glides my faint bosom o'er, That which you seek, beloved, is desecrate By woman's tooth and talon; ah, no more Seek in me for a heart which those dogs ate.
It is a ruin where the jackals rest, And rend and tear and glut themselves and slay -- A perfume swims about your naked breast!
Beauty, hard scourge of spirits, have your way! With flame-like eyes that at bright feasts have flared Burn up these tatters that the beasts have spared!
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Charles Pierre Baudelaire
- Date: 1856 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Symbolism, Romanticism, Modernist literature
- Length: 167 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Poetry — The Eyes of Beauty is a poem by Charles Pierre Baudelaire, a French poet known for his works in the symbolist and modernist movements.
- Symbolism — As a symbolist poet, Baudelaire uses metaphoric imagery in The Eyes of Beauty, expressing the deeper meaning, moods and ideas of beauty's eyes.
- Romanticism — Baudelaire's poem explores deep feelings and emotions, and the transcendental nature of beauty's eyes, which aligns with the Romantic genre.
- Modernist literature — Baudelaire was influential in the modernist movement, which is characterised by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
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beauty · aesthetics · poetry · romanticism · symbolism · art · nature · emotion · sensation · imagination · philosophy · transcendence