Les Yeux des pauvres
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Les Yeux des pauvres is a short prose poem by Charles Baudelaire that poignantly explores class disparity and emotional misunderstanding in a Parisian café setting.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Yeux des pauvres canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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prose poem ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
eyes of the poor
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gaze ⓘ |
| contrasts |
empathy and cruelty
ⓘ
wealth and poverty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts | bourgeois café interior ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between aesthetic pleasure and moral conscience
ⓘ
incompatibility within romantic relationships ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
narrator's lover
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poor family ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
poetic prose
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prose poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | French ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
modern city
ⓘ
urban life ⓘ |
| influenced | later prose poetry ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
contrast
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interior monologue ⓘ irony ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| movement |
Modernity literature
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Symbolism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Le Spleen de Paris
NERFINISHED
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Petits poèmes en prose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| publicationForm | collection ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Le Spleen de Paris
NERFINISHED
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Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Paris
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Parisian café ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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bourgeois society ⓘ class disparity ⓘ compassion ⓘ emotional misunderstanding ⓘ indifference ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| tone |
bitter
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melancholic ⓘ |
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