THE OFFENDED MOON

Series: The Three Hills and Other Poems

The Offended Moon by Charles Pierre Baudelaire is a poem that explores the themes of beauty, decay, and the transience of life. The poem describes the moon as an offended deity who has been neglected and ignored by humanity. Despite its beauty and power, the moon has been reduced to a mere reflection of itself in the eyes of mortals. The poem laments the loss of the moon's former glory and the way it has been replaced by the mundane and the trivial. Through its use of vivid imagery... AI Generated Content

~1857 CE
Available in: English
Moderate

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