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SPLEEN (4) by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN, ON OUR GROANING, ENNUI-RIDDEN SOUL
Last Line: PLANTS HIS BLACK PENNANT IN MY SKULL, BOWED LOW

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POEMS FROM LES FLEURS DU MAL. A BILINGUAL EDITION. NORMAN R. SHAPIRO (ED. & TR.)
  BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES
  (1998)
 



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