One poem by this writer consists of eight "medallions," or quatrains, that speak about the art of Rubens, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Michelangelo and others who challenged the dignity of God.
One poem by this writer consists of eight "medallions," or quatrains, that speak about the art of Rubens, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Michelangelo and others who challenged the dignity of God. This author of "The Beacons" wrote another poem in which a bottle of wine sings a "song that's full of brotherhood and light" to a disinherited man. He wrote another poem in which the speaker imagines his blood "gushing out in rhythmical sobs" from his body so that the city is turned into "islands of paving stones" amidst the flooding. This author's poems "The (*) Fountain of Blood" and "The Soul of Wine" are found in a collection whose prologue is addressed to a "hypocrite reader--my likeness--my brother!" For 10 points, "Revolt," "Wine," "Death," and "Spleen and Ideal," are sections from which French Symbolist's collection Flowers of Evil?
One poem by this writer consists of eight "medallions," or quatrains, that speak about the art of Rubens, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Michelangelo and others who challenged the dignity of God.
Charles Baudelaire [or Charles Pierre Baudelaire]