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Leekee Leekee
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HELP! Charles Baudelaire Poem! Please?

Okay, I need someone's interpretation of this poem ASAP! It's for a project.. And I can't use my own interpretation, but I can't find anyone who can give me one. So I look to you guys for help.

The Ghost- By Charles Baudelaire

Like angels with wild beast's eyes
I shall return to your bedroom
And silently glide toward you
With the shadows of the night;

And, dark beauty, I shall give you
Kisses cold as the moon
And the caresses of a snake
That crawls around a grave.

When the livid morning comes,
You'll find my place empty,
And it will be cold there till night.

I wish to hold sway over
Your life and youth by fear,
As others do by tenderness.
  • 3 years ago
Elayne by Elayne
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The subject is a ghost returning to his ex-lovers bedroom at night.
The angels with wild beast eyes part suggests it's an unsettled spirit. The spirit knows it is evil since it references itself continually with other evil icons, such as a snake on a grave, calling the morning "livid" when most others see it as something pleasant.
  • 3 years ago
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