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ALLEGORY by PAUL VERLAINE

Poet Analysis

First Line: DESPOTIC, HEAVY, COLORLESS, THE SUMMER
Last Line: EXTENDS ITS FLOWINGS AND ITS FLOWINGS BACK... %WASPS, HERE AND THERE, ARE FLYING, YELLOW AND BLACK

Poem Sources:

FOUR FRENCH SYMBOLIST POETS; BAUDELAIRE, RIMBAUD, VERLAINE, MALLARME.
  PESCHEL, ENID RHODES (TR.)
  (1981)
 



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