Le Chat

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Le Chat is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, likely featuring his muse Jeanne Duval, that explores sensuality and mystery through the figure of a cat.

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Le Chat canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
associatedWith Jeanne Duval ⓘ
author Charles Baudelaire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
culturalContext French Second Empire ⓘ
featuresCharacter cat ⓘ
form lyric poem ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasCriticalReception considered a notable poem about cats in French literature ⓘ
often analyzed for its erotic symbolism ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn French symbolist poetry ⓘ
inCollection Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ
inspiredBy Baudelaire's relationship with Jeanne Duval ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryMovement Decadent movement ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
meter French alexandrine ⓘ
partOf Baudelaire's cat poems ⓘ
period 19th century literature ⓘ
portrays cat as mysterious being ⓘ
cat as symbol of female lover ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Le Balcon ⓘ
Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ
Parfum exotique ⓘ
rhymeScheme regular rhyme scheme ⓘ
subject cat as sensual figure ⓘ
relationship between human and animal ⓘ
theme beauty ⓘ
desire ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
fascination with animals ⓘ
femininity ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
the uncanny ⓘ
title Le Chat ⓘ
tone contemplative ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ
sensual ⓘ
usesDevice imagery ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
personification ⓘ
synesthesia ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Jeanne Duval → inspiredWork → Le Chat ⓘ
Le Chat → title → Le Chat ⓘ
Ghislain Cloquet → notableWork → Le Chat ⓘ