Verlaine

[ ver-len ]

noun
  1. Paul [pawl], /pɔl/, 1844–96, French poet.

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Verlaine

/ (French vɛrlɛn) /


noun
  1. Paul (pɔl). 1844–96, French poet. His verse includes Poèmes saturniens (1866), Fêtes galantes (1869) and Romances sans paroles (1874). He was closely associated with Rimbaud and was a precursor of the symbolists

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