Correspondances

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"Correspondances" is a seminal sonnet by Charles Baudelaire that introduces his influential theory of symbolic correspondences between the senses, nature, and the spiritual realm.

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instanceOf poem
sonnet
author Charles Baudelaire
collectionSection Spleen et Idéal
countryOfOrigin France
firstPublication Les Fleurs du mal (1857 edition)
linked to: Les Fleurs du mal
form Petrarchan sonnet
genre lyric poetry
hasConcept correspondence between visible and invisible worlds
nature as a system of signs
unity of the senses
hasCriticalStatus foundational text for Symbolist aesthetics
seminal poem in French literature
hasInfluenceOn concept of synesthesia in literature
theory of poetic symbolism
hasInterpretation nature as a coded language to be deciphered by the poet
hasRhymeScheme ABBA ABBA CCD EDE
includedIn canonical French school curricula
influenced Arthur Rimbaud
Paul Verlaine
Stéphane Mallarmé
Symbolist poets
modernist poetry
language French
literaryMovement Modern poetry
Symbolism
meter alexandrine
numberOfLines 14
openingLine La Nature est un temple où de vivants piliers
partOfWork Les Fleurs du mal
period 19th-century French literature
publicationYear 1857
relatedAuthor Charles Baudelaire
relatedWork Les Fleurs du mal
subject metaphysical symbolism
relationship between humans and nature
theme mystical perception of nature
nature as a temple
relationship between senses and the spiritual realm
symbolic correspondences between nature and spirit
synesthesia
usesDevice extended metaphor
personification of nature
symbolism
synesthetic imagery

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Les Fleurs du mal notablePoem Correspondances
Spleen et Idéal containsPoem Correspondances