tributarium@lemmy.world to literature.cafe chat@literature.cafeEnglish · 5 months agoWhat was a poem that made you fall in love with poetry? How did you find it?message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat was a poem that made you fall in love with poetry? How did you find it?tributarium@lemmy.world to literature.cafe chat@literature.cafeEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoA problem with poetry is that it cannot be translated, so I’ll refer the originals: Correspondences by Baudelaire (what do you get if you mix many drugs in the French noble 1800s) The Road not taken by Frost (every choice has a consequence) Invictus by Henley (the power of the will and the soul) Non chiederci la parola by Montale (the impossibility of knowing)
minus-squaretributarium@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 months agoCan you please share more about what the appeal of Baudelaire is for you?
A problem with poetry is that it cannot be translated, so I’ll refer the originals:
Can you please share more about what the appeal of Baudelaire is for you?