Le Possédé (the Possessed) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC CBBD EED BDB D FEBE GDEH EED ID B D BFFB JKKJ EEL II M D BFFB JKKJ EEL II E| Le soleil s'est couvert d'un cr pe Comme lui | A |
| Lune de ma vie emmitoufle toi d'ombre | B |
| Dors ou fume ton gr sois muette sois sombre | B |
| Et plonge tout enti re au gouffre de l'Ennui | C |
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| Je t'aime ainsi Pourtant si tu veux aujourd'hui | C |
| Comme un astre clips qui sort de la p nombre | B |
| Te pavaner aux lieux que la Folie encombre | B |
| C'est bien Charmant poignard jaillis de ton tui | D |
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| Allume ta prunelle la flamme des lustres | E |
| Allume le d sir dans les regards des rustres | E |
| Tout de toi m'est plaisir morbide ou p tulant | D |
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| Sois ce que tu voudras nuit noire rouge aurore | B |
| II n'est pas une fibre en tout mon corps tremblant | D |
| Qui ne crie mon cher Belz buth je t'adore | B |
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| The One Possessed | D |
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| The sun was covered with a crape Like him | F |
| Moon of my life swathe yourself with darkness | E |
| Sleep or smoke as you will be silent be somber | B |
| And plunge your whole being into Ennui's abyss | E |
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| I love you thus However if today you wish | G |
| Like an eclipsed star that leaves the half light | D |
| To strut in the places which Madness encumbers | E |
| That is fine Charming poniard spring out of your sheath | H |
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| Light your eyes at the flame of the lusters | E |
| Kindle passion in the glances of churls | E |
| To me you're all pleasure morbid or petulant | D |
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| Be what you will black night red dawn | I |
| There is no fiber in my whole trembling body | D |
| That does not cry 'Dear Beelzebub I adore you ' | - |
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| Translated by William Aggeler | B |
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| The Possessed | D |
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| The sun in crepe has muffled up his fire | B |
| Moon of my life Half shade yourself like him | F |
| Slumber or smoke Be silent and be dim | F |
| And in the gulf of boredom plunge entire | B |
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| I love you thus However if you like | J |
| Like some bright star from its eclipse emerging | K |
| To flaunt with Folly where the crowds are surging | K |
| Flash lovely dagger from your sheath and strike | J |
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| Light up your eyes from chandeliers of glass | E |
| Light up the lustful looks of louts that pass | E |
| Morbid or petulant I thrill before you | L |
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| Be what you will black night or crimson dawn | I |
| No fibre of my body tautly drawn | I |
| But cries 'Beloved demon I adore you ' | - |
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| Translated by Roy Campbell | M |
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| The Possessed | D |
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| The sun in crepe has muffled up his fire | B |
| Moon of my life Half shade yourself like him | F |
| Slumber or smoke Be silent and be dim | F |
| And in the gulf of ennui plunge entire | B |
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| I love you thus However if you like | J |
| Like some bright star from its eclipse emerging | K |
| To flaunt with Folly where the crowds are surging | K |
| Flash lovely dagger from your sheath and strike | J |
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| Light up your eyes from chandeliers of glass | E |
| Light up the lustful looks of louts that pass | E |
| Morbid or petulant I thrill before you | L |
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| Be what you will black night or crimson dawn | I |
| No fibre of my body tautly drawn | I |
| But cries 'Beloved demon I adore you ' | - |
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| Translated by Anonymous | E |
Charles Baudelaire
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