Leconte de Lisle

[ luh-kawnt duh leel ]

noun

1. Charles Ma·rie [sh, a, r, l m, a, -, ree], 1818–94, French poet.

Leconte de Lisle

/ ləkɔ̃t də lil /

noun

1. Leconte de LisleCharles Marie René18181894MFrenchWRITING: poet Charles Marie René (ʃarl mari rəne). 1818–94, French Parnassian poet

Example Sentences

In Leconte de Lisle the Parnassian movement seems to crystallize.

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The only thing at all comparable to it is the plasticity of some of Leconte de Lisle's later poems.

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The person of Leconte de Lisle is described to us as characteristic of his work.

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Much has been said about the sculpturesque character of Leconte de Lisle's poems.

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Who, in the admiration of the young poets, will replace Verlaine, who had replaced Leconte de Lisle?

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