Another of his poems compares the Devil to Hermes Trismegistus and describes a "refined monster" who "dreams of scaffolds and smokes his hookah pipe.
A prose poem by this author asserts "To enjoy the crowd is an art" and states "multitude and solitude are the same." This writer imagines "being as happy as a king" after dropping his wife down a well because "her screaming would drive me crazy" in a poem in which the speaker laughs at "God," the "Devil" and the "Holy Table." Another poem by this author tells its addressee to "take pity on my long misery" after every couplet. Another of his poems compares the Devil to Hermes Trismegistus and describes a "refined monster" who "dreams of scaffolds and smokes his hookah pipe." This poet of "The Sick Muse" and "The Litanies of Satan" put those poems into a collection whose sections include "Revolt," "Wine," and "Spleen and Ideal." For 10 points, name this French poet of The Flowers of Evil.
A prose poem by this author asserts "To enjoy the crowd is an art" and states "multitude and solitude are the same.
Charles Baudelaire