#but it's okay because this christlike suffering infers upon them a transcendent sainthood ���
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me after reading four poems by internationally beloved, critically acclaimed, insanely influential 19th-century poet charles baudelaire: wow this guy's emo lol
#why did we not read more of his shit in high school. this is speaking to the emo teen inside of me#the second poem in the collection is about how poets are MISUNDERSTOOD and HATED BY SOCIETY#but it's okay because this christlike suffering infers upon them a transcendent sainthood 😇#the third poem is also about how hard it is to be a poet in this mundane world that doesn't understand the poet's vision#and it. is. a banger.#obsessed.#my posts#french#i can't even figure out how to describe how influential he is you guys. i am underselling it#i have a copy of an english translation of les fleurs du mal that i bought by accident kind of#and i'm thinking of maybe reading some of the translated poems after the originals#because i'm fascinated by the concept of translating poetry and i'd like to see what is retained & what is transformed & what is dropped#but it's so hard to get past the title. the flowers of evil? it sounds so stupid.#i've been trying to figure out why and i think it's the extra syllables? flowers and evil are both 2 syllables#whereas all the french words are 1 each#i don't know. i'm workshopping it
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