tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723694470723601010.post2965793964029914335..comments2024-01-01T17:31:59.391-06:00Comments on Poems Found in Translation: Baudelaire: The Albatross (From French)A.Z. Foremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178150009150360184noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723694470723601010.post-37440523368565386482013-02-05T20:27:45.552-06:002013-02-05T20:27:45.552-06:00I'm going to have to disagree on two points: 1...I'm going to have to disagree on two points: 1. In this poem Baudelaire is rigorously writing in alexandrines (12 syllable lines). Many of the unpronounced e's at the end of a words are pronounced.<br />2. The French language has no stress (unlike English), each vowel sound is equally weighted, and thus it will have a rhythm and musicality (especially notable in Verlaine and Mallarme and Valery), but very much present in Baudelaire.professor snotty pantsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723694470723601010.post-29866378998855636462012-11-15T08:11:52.668-06:002012-11-15T08:11:52.668-06:00@Crip : Au contraire! The number of syllables and...@Crip : Au contraire! The number of syllables and the stresses in French are just right. Apparently you should study French a little more. :) (as for me, I'm French, and this poem is a classic learned by every schoolboy & girl in France...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723694470723601010.post-38898790920077177822011-12-03T02:43:02.643-06:002011-12-03T02:43:02.643-06:00Rhythm-wise and melody-wise, you have managed to e...Rhythm-wise and melody-wise, you have managed to exceed Baudelaire's work. (Apparently, he didn't care much about counting the syllables and minding his stresses...) Congrats! Cripnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723694470723601010.post-85276769167290686032011-08-02T21:10:54.533-05:002011-08-02T21:10:54.533-05:00¿porque?¿porque?A.Z. Foremanhttp://www.poemsintranslation.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723694470723601010.post-78489806368602193892011-07-04T19:47:23.743-05:002011-07-04T19:47:23.743-05:00por favor mandarme esta obra en espanolpor favor mandarme esta obra en espanolMario_blanco64@hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.com