Le Voyage
E516697
"Le Voyage" is the concluding, philosophically charged poem in Charles Baudelaire's collection *Les Fleurs du mal*, exploring themes of escape, disillusionment, and the search for the unknown.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingConcept | death as ultimate voyage ⓘ |
| closingImage | voyage toward the unknown ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
modern poetry
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symbolist poetry ⓘ |
| includedInEdition |
1857 edition of Les Fleurs du mal
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1861 edition of Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ |
| influenced |
later symbolist poets
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modernist poets ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Romanticism
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urban modernity ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism precursor
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Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStatus |
key text of Les Fleurs du mal
ⓘ
major poem of French literature ⓘ |
| meter | French alexandrine ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person plural ⓘ |
| notableLine | "Au fond de l’Inconnu pour trouver du nouveau!" ⓘ |
| partOf | Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
existential
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pessimistic ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
confrontation with the infinite
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illusion of novelty ⓘ inadequacy of travel to cure boredom ⓘ |
| positionInWork | concluding poem of Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ |
| revisedCollectionPublicationYear | 1861 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular rhyme ⓘ |
| structure | multiple sections ⓘ |
| theme |
boredom
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critique of reality ⓘ death ⓘ desire for the absolute ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ escape ⓘ exile ⓘ failure of experience ⓘ metaphysical quest ⓘ modern ennui ⓘ search for the unknown ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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ironic ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
| workContext | final section of Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ |
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