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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| associatedMuse | Jeanne Duval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | French literature canon ⓘ |
| collection | Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Baudelaire’s cycle of poems inspired by Jeanne Duval ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Le Balcon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Bijoux NERFINISHED ⓘ Parfum exotique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contemplation of a woman’s hair
ⓘ
erotic reverie ⓘ |
| theme |
dream and reverie
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eroticism ⓘ exoticism ⓘ female beauty ⓘ fetishization of hair ⓘ memory ⓘ sensuality ⓘ |
| tone |
dreamlike
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intoxicating ⓘ sensual ⓘ |
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