Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe

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Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe is a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé paying homage to the American writer Edgar Allan Poe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem
author Stéphane Mallarmé NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
culturalContext Franco-American literary relations
dedicatedTo Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
firstPublicationLanguage French
form sonnet
genre lyric poetry
hasCriticalInterpretation often read as a meditation on poetic language itself
hasImagery funerary imagery
mystical imagery
nocturnal imagery
hasInfluenceOn French symbolist readings of Edgar Allan Poe
hasLiteraryStyle highly allusive
symbolist
hasMeter regular meter
hasReception considered an important symbolist tribute to Poe
hasTheme immortality through art
translation and transposition of Poe into French culture
hasTone elegiac
reverential
hasTranslation English
other languages
homageTo Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
inspiredBy reputation of Edgar Allan Poe in France
works of Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
language French
literaryMovement Symbolism
literaryPeriod 19th century
literarySignificance key example of Mallarmé’s symbolist poetics
mainTheme admiration for Edgar Allan Poe
death
literary legacy
poetry
mentions Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
poetry
partOf Stéphane Mallarmé’s poetic oeuvre
relatedTo French reception of Edgar Allan Poe
relatedWork Stéphane Mallarmé’s essays on Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
rhymeScheme French sonnet rhyme scheme
subject Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
titleInEnglish The Tomb of Edgar Poe NERFINISHED
verseForm alexandrine
workType elegy

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Poésies hasPart Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe