Art In 19th Century

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Art In 19th Century


Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism were popular modes of expression by writers
of that era. Such modes of expression were the use of nature in their writings.
Two poets that really stand out among the rest are Charles Baudelaire
(1821-1867) and Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Baudelaire was referred to by many as
the "first Modern Poet" and the "father of modern
criticism". Verlaine like Baudelaire was a symbolist poet, he was also
French and referred to as the "Prince of Poets". Both these poets
touch on nature in their poems. It was in Baudelaire's Song of Autumn I and
Verlaine's Autumn Song that similarities and differences were most evident.
Their views of autumn had melodramatic view of death and at the same time can
contrast with one another. Throughout this paper I will discuss the parallelism
and divergence between these two poems. In Baudelaire's first stanza of Song of
Autumn I, he explains how the end of summer is near and the weather will become
cold. He starts the reader off in the end of summer. "Soon we shall plunge
into the chilly fogs; Farewell, Swift light! Our summers are too short (line
1-2, pg. 1151). Baudelaire then begins to explain the chopping down of the trees
to gather firewood. This idea of the rhythmic thump firewood being delivered is
repeated throughout his poem. In Verlaine's Autumn Song, the first stanza is
told in a very monotonous tone much like the first stanza of Song of autumn.
Verlaine talks about long sobs and the feeling he has in heart, what he
describing is the end of summer and begging of the gloomy season of autumn. This
is exactly the same that Baudelaire describes in his first stanza. Verlaine
difference in this stanza is that he starts the poem already in autumn whereas
Bauderlaire starts his poem in the end of the summer. In the second stanza of
Autumn Song, Verlaine discusses the feeling he has inside of him. "Choking
and pale when I mind the tale the hours keep"(lines 6-9, pg. 1169).
Verlaine then relates back to memories of the summer and this makes him cry. My
memory strays down other days and I weep,"(lines 10-12, pg. 1169). He also
even makes references to idea of daylight savings time, "the hours
keep,"(line 9, pg.1169). In that line he is saying that along with the
gloomy aura of autumn there is now an extra hour. In Song of Autumn I,
Baudelaire's second stanza follows the theme of Verlaine. Here Baudelaire like
Verlaine explains his personal feeling of autumn. "All of winter will
ga...

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