Le Chat (the Cat) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BBB BEF B BAAB GDCB ABB BEB C B BHBH CACA AIA BBI H B JKAB HDCB ACB BEB C

Viens mon beau chat sur mon coeur amoureuxA
Retiens les griffes de ta patteB
Et laisse moi plonger dans tes beaux yeuxA
M l s de m tal et d'agateB
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Lorsque mes doigts caressent loisirC
Ta t te et ton dos lastiqueD
Et que ma main s'enivre du plaisirC
De palper ton corps lectriqueD
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Je vois ma femme en esprit Son regardB
Comme le tien aimable b teB
Profond et froid coupe et fend comme un dardB
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Et des pieds jusques la t teB
Un air subtil un dangereux parfumE
Nagent autour de son corps brunF
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The CatB
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Come superb cat to my amorous heartB
Hold back the talons of your pawsA
Let me gaze into your beautiful eyesA
Of metal and agateB
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When my fingers leisurely caress youG
Your head and your elastic backD
And when my hand tingles with the pleasureC
Of feeling your electric bodyB
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In spirit I see my woman Her gazeA
Like your own amiable beastB
Profound and cold cuts and cleaves like a dartB
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And from her head down to her feetB
A subtle air a dangerous perfumeE
Floats about her dusky bodyB
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Translated by William AggelerC
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The CatB
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Come my fine cat against my loving heartB
Sheathe your sharp claws and settleH
And let my eyes into your pupils dartB
Where agate sparks with metalH
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Now while my fingertips caress at leisureC
Your head and wiry curvesA
And that my hand's elated with the pleasureC
Of your electric nervesA
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I think about my woman how her glancesA
Like yours dear beast deep downI
And cold can cut and wound one as with lancesA
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Then too she has that vagrantB
And subtle air of danger that makes fragrantB
Her body lithe and brownI
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Translated by Roy CampbellH
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The CatB
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My beautiful cat come onto my heart full of loveJ
Hold back the claws of your pawK
And let me plunge into your adorable eyesA
Mixed with metal and agateB
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When my fingers lazily fondleH
Your head and your elastic backD
And my hand gets drunk with the pleasureC
Of feeling your electric bodyB
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I see in spirit my personal lady Her glanceA
Like yours dear creatureC
Deep and cold slits and splits like a dartB
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And from her feet to her headB
A subtle atmosphere a dangerous perfumeE
Swim around her brown bodyB
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Translated by Geoffrey WagnerC

Charles Baudelaire



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