La Chevelure

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La Chevelure is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, celebrated for its sensual evocation of a lover’s hair and often associated with his muse Jeanne Duval.

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La Chevelure canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
associatedMuse Jeanne Duval ⓘ
author Charles Baudelaire ⓘ
belongsTo French literature canon ⓘ
collection Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Charles Baudelaire ⓘ
criticalReception celebrated for its sensual imagery ⓘ
often analyzed in Baudelaire scholarship ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage French ⓘ
form poem in verse ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenced later symbolist poets ⓘ
modern French love poetry ⓘ
imageryFocus lover’s hair ⓘ
perfume ⓘ
sea and voyage ⓘ
inspiration Jeanne Duval ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryDevice hyperbole ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
synesthesia ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th century ⓘ
mainCharacter the beloved woman ⓘ
the lyrical I ⓘ
metricalPattern French alexandrines ⓘ
movement Modern poetry precursor ⓘ
Symbolism precursor ⓘ
originalTitle La Chevelure ⓘ
partOf Baudelaire’s cycle of poems inspired by Jeanne Duval ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Le Balcon ⓘ
Les Bijoux ⓘ
Parfum exotique ⓘ
rhymeScheme regular rhyme scheme ⓘ
subjectMatter contemplation of a woman’s hair ⓘ
erotic reverie ⓘ
theme dream and reverie ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
exoticism ⓘ
female beauty ⓘ
fetishization of hair ⓘ
memory ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
tone dreamlike ⓘ
intoxicating ⓘ
sensual ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jeanne Duval → inspiredWork → La Chevelure ⓘ
Spleen et Idéal → containsPoem → La Chevelure ⓘ
La Chevelure → originalTitle → La Chevelure ⓘ