La Chevelure

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La Chevelure is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, celebrated for its sensual evocation of a lover’s hair and often associated with his muse Jeanne Duval.

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La Chevelure canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
poem
associatedMuse Jeanne Duval
author Charles Baudelaire
belongsTo French literature canon
collection Les Fleurs du mal
countryOfOrigin France
creator Charles Baudelaire
criticalReception celebrated for its sensual imagery
often analyzed in Baudelaire scholarship
firstPublicationLanguage French
form poem in verse
genre lyric poetry
hasInfluenced later symbolist poets
modern French love poetry
imageryFocus lover’s hair
perfume
sea and voyage
inspiration Jeanne Duval
language French
literaryDevice hyperbole
metaphor
synesthesia
literaryPeriod 19th century
mainCharacter the beloved woman
the lyrical I
metricalPattern French alexandrines
movement Modern poetry precursor
Symbolism precursor
originalTitle La Chevelure
partOf Baudelaire’s cycle of poems inspired by Jeanne Duval
relatedWorkByAuthor Le Balcon
Les Bijoux
Parfum exotique
rhymeScheme regular rhyme scheme
subjectMatter contemplation of a woman’s hair
erotic reverie
theme dream and reverie
eroticism
exoticism
female beauty
fetishization of hair
memory
sensuality
tone dreamlike
intoxicating
sensual

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Jeanne Duval inspiredWork La Chevelure
Spleen et Idéal containsPoem La Chevelure
La Chevelure originalTitle La Chevelure