"Les oeuvres chrétiennes" is a compilation of 129 individual sonnets ("Les sonnets spirituels", or "Spiritual Sonnets") and 21 other poems ("Les vers chrétiens", or "Christian Verses") that employ a variety of Christian themes and biblical imageries.Although "Oeuvres" focuses on some secular themes, it is first and foremost a religious text, and its preface makes that abundantly clear.