Poèmes saturniens is the first collection of poetry by Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:...

, first published in 1866.

Verlaine was linked with the Parnassien movement in French poetry

French poetry

French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...

. He published his first poem in their journal, Revue du Progrès moral, littéraire, scientifique et artistique, in August 1863. Poèmes saturniens is thought to be a partial re-working of an earlier collection planned under the title Poèmes et Sonnets.

The collection is divided into sections under the headings:

• Melancholia
  • "Résignation"
  • "Nevermore"
  • "Après trois ans"
  • "Voeu"
  • "Lassitude"
  • "Mon rêve familier"
  • "À une femme"
  • "L’Angoisse"
• Eaux-Fortes
  • "Croquis parisien"
  • "Cauchemar"
  • "Marine"
  • "Effet de nuit"
  • "Grotesques"
• Paysages tristes
  • "Soleils couchants"
  • "Crépuscule du soir mystique"
  • "Promenade sentimentale"
  • "Nuit du Walpurgis classique"
  • "Chanson d'automne
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  • "L’Heure du berger"
  • "Le Rossignol"
• Caprices
  • "Femme et chatte"
  • "Jésuitisme"
  • "La Chanson des ingénues"
  • "Une grande dame"
  • "Monsieur Prudhomme"
• Autres poèmes
  • "Initium"
  • "Çavitrî"
  • "Sub urbe"
  • "Sérénade"
  • "Un dahlia"
  • "Nevermore (2)"
  • "Il bacio"
  • "Dans les bois"
  • "Nocturne parisien"
  • "Marco"
  • "César Borgia"
  • "La Mort de Philippe II"