Contrary to some readings, poem XIV of the erotic collection Hombres is not transgressive in its versification, nor is it a phallic image. It is, however, the only poem by Verlaine written in the traditional form of vers mêlé, embellished with variations in terms of the gender, number, and order of rhymes. Its refractory rhymes may simply be artifacts arising from a copy error and an incomplete manuscript.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-12916-5
EAN:9782406129165
ISSN: 2426-8860
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12916-5.p.0073
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 03-30-2022
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: eroticism, heterometry, homosexuality, manuscript, meter, phallus, rime orpheline, rimes mêlées, vers mêlés, vers libres