AN ALLEGORY

Series: The Poems and Prose Poems

Baudelaire's "An Allegory" is a complex and layered work that explores the nature of beauty, art, and the human experience. The poem is structured around an allegory of a flower, which represents the journey of the soul through life. The flower begins as a bud, full of potential but closed off from the world. As it grows and blooms, it experiences the joys and sorrows of life, until it eventually withers and dies. Through this allegory, Baudelaire explores the idea that beauty is fleeting and ephemeral, and that the... AI Generated Content

~1857 CE
Available in: English
Moderate

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