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Baudelaire

Baudelaire

8 9.9
A French poet who wrote dark, powerful poems, including Les Fleurs du mal
  • proper noun
  • /boʊdəˈlɛr/
  • Literature
: Baudelaire
  • Charles Baudelaire is often regarded as a pioneer of modern poetry, particularly known for his work 'Les Fleurs du mal.'
  • Charles Baudelaire
  • poet Baudelaire
  • Baudelaire's Fleurs

And Baudelaire, who is one of my favorite poets.

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Examples

  • In a historical perspective, Baudelaire is certainly not the first to espouse the spirit of questioning.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Theodore de Banville asserted that Baudelaire truly loved only one woman, Jeanne, whom he continuously and splendidly celebrated.

    Academic text (1997)

  • And Baudelaire, who is one of my favorite poets.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Baudelaire never actually set foot in England... but his mother was born in London and spoke English as a child.

    London (1994)

  • Indeed, even so "advanced" a figure as Charles Baudelaire understood that the ultimate measure of art must be extra-aesthetic.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Fashion found its way into Baudelaire's earliest critical writings on art.

    Academic text (1997)

  • "Romanticism," wrote Baudelaire... "is precisely situated neither in choice of subjects... "nor in exact truth, but in a mode of feeling."

    London (1994)

  • Beings that laugh are, according to Baudelaire's model, distinctly human, prey to pain and death.

    Academic text (2017)

  • I watched the clouds for a time, remembering the Baudelaire poem loosely translated as "The Wonderful Clouds."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Several details in Manet's painting of Baudelaire's mistress correspond to elements in the poetry specifically inspired by Duval.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

Baudelaire, Charles Pierre
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  • Literature
9.2

A French poet known for dark, strong images that shaped modern poetry

uses the shorter name and emphasizes a famous poetry collection

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Baudelaire is a French family name best known from the poet Charles Baudelaire. A helpful way to remember it is to see baud like an old word meaning 'bold' or 'joy' and the name sounding like a French place-name, so the whole name fits a poet famous for strong, emotional images.