''Poèmes saturniens'' is the first collection of poetry by
Paul Verlaine
Paul-Marie Verlaine (; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the ''fin de siècle'' in international and F ...
, first published in 1866.
Verlaine was linked with the
Parnassien movement in
French poetry
French poetry () is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.
French prosody and poetics
The modern French language does not have a significant stre ...
. He published his first poem in their journal, ''Revue du Progrès moral, littéraire, scientifique et artistique'', in August 1863. ''Poèmes saturniens'' is thought to be a partial re-working of an earlier collection planned under the title ''Poèmes et Sonnets''.
The collection is divided into sections under the headings:
*''Melancholia''
**"Résignation"
**"Nevermore"
**"Après trois ans"
**"Voeu"
**"Lassitude"
**"Mon rêve familier"
**"À une femme"
**"L’Angoisse"
*''Eaux-Fortes''
**"Croquis parisien"
**"Cauchemar"
**"Marine"
**"Effet de nuit"
**"Grotesques"
*''Paysages tristes''
**"Soleils couchants"
**"Crépuscule du soir mystique"
**"Promenade sentimentale"
**"Nuit du Walpurgis classique"
**"
Chanson d'automne
"Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song") is a poem by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), one of the best known in the French language. It is included in Verlaine's first collection, '' Poèmes saturniens'', published in 1866 (see 1866 in poetry). The po ...
" (famous for phrases use as a message to the Resistance in 1944)
**"L’Heure du berger"
**"Le Rossignol"
*''Caprices''
**"Femme et chatte"
**"Jésuitisme"
**"La Chanson des ingénues"
**"Une grande dame"
**"
Monsieur Prudhomme"
*''Autres poèmes''
**"Initium"
**"Çavitrî"
**"Sub urbe"
**"Sérénade"
**"Un dahlia"
**"Nevermore (2)"
**"Il bacio"
**"Dans les bois"
**"Nocturne parisien"
**"Marco"
**"César Borgia"
**"La Mort de Philippe II"
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1866 books
French poetry collections
19th-century French literature
Poetry by Paul Verlaine