Paul verlaine biography cortado

A bust monument to Verlaine sculpted by Rodo was erected in It sits in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. In poetry, the symbolist procedure—as typified by Verlaine—was to use subtle suggestion instead of precise statement rhetoric was banned and to evoke moods and feelings through the magic of words and repeated sounds and the cadence of verse musicality and metrical innovation.

These lines were broadcast on 1 June In popular culture Among the admirers of Verlaine's work was the Russian language poet and novelist Boris Pasternak.

Paul verlaine biography cortado

Pasternak went so far as to translate much of Verlaine's verse into Russian. According to Pasternak's mistress and muse, Olga Ivinskaya, Whenever [Boris Leonidovich] was provided with literal versions of things which echoed his own thoughts or feelings, it made all the difference and he worked feverishly, turning them into masterpieces.

Verlaine spent his last years as a moral and physical derelict, moving in and out of hospitals until his death in Paris on Jan. But in he had been elected Prince of Poets, and he was given a public funeral. Verlaine was known during his lifetime for the beauty and delicacy of his finest verse, for his association with Arthur Rimbaud , and for his generally dissipated and vagabond existence.

Verlaine's last years saw his descent into drug addiction , alcoholism , and poverty. However, the people's love for his art resurrected support and brought in an income for Verlaine: his early poetry was rediscovered, his lifestyle and strange behaviour in front of crowds attracted admiration, and in he was elected France's "Prince of Poets" by his peers.

Verlaine's poetry was admired and recognized as ground-breaking, and served as a source of inspiration to composers. But the hopes for happy family life were not justified After the 18th of March, , Verlaine joined the Commune. In the same year, Verlaine got acquainted with Arthur Rimbaud. Next year he went together with his friend Rimbaud on journey to England and afterwards — to Belgium.

They looked up their place in the art. During a conflict in June , P. Verlaine injured A. Rimbaud by a shot of a revolver, for which the Brussels court sentenced him to be confined during two years in a prison.