The title creature of one poem by this writer declares, "Tremble, mortals-I'm strong when my insatiate yawn stretches to snap a spring.
The title creature of one poem by this writer declares, "Tremble, mortals-I'm strong when my insatiate yawn stretches to snap a spring." This poet wrote, "O rounded dome and perfect diadem, I am what's changing secretly in you. I am the only medium for your fears," in a poem describing death as "that empty skull, that everlasting grin."Another of his poems states, "I must, O Sun, worship this heart where you seek to know yourself," and begins by asking, "Who is that weeping, if not simply the wind?" That poem consists of 512 alexandrine couplets and broke his twenty-year hiatus provoked by the death of Stephane Mallarme. This poet created the persona of Monsieur Teste, and declared "The wind is risingÂ…we must try to live!" in a poem set on a "quiet roof, where dove-sails saunter by." For 10 points, name this French poet of "Sketch of a Serpent," "The Young Fate," and "The Graveyard by the Sea."
The title creature of one poem by this writer declares, "Tremble, mortals-I'm strong when my insatiate yawn stretches to snap a spring.
Paul Valery