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CORTEGE by PAUL VERLAINE

Poet Analysis

First Line: AN APE, IN BROCADE JACKET DRESSED
Last Line: BRASH TRIBUTE THAT HER PETS ARE PAYING

Poem Sources:

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE POEMS BY PAUL VERLAINE; A BILINGUAL EDITION. TRANSLATED BY NORMAN R. SHAPIRO.
  VERLAINE, PAUL
  (1999)
 



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