Laforgue

/ lafɔrɡ /

noun

1. LaforgueJules18601887MFrenchWRITING: poet Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry

Example Sentences

Beardsley's "Under the Hill" was until recently the only successful attempt to produce "anything like Laforgue" in our tongue.

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Laforgue was, for four or five years, "reader" to the ex-Kaiser's mama; he escaped and died of la misre.

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Sans le moindre soupon d'imitation ou de rminiscences, Jules Laforgue a sauvegard une originalit vivace.

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You will hardly find such neatness save in France; such modern neatness, save in Laforgue.

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Tout était pour le vieux dans le meilleur des mondes, Laforgue would have cried in the epigram of Paul Bourget.

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