Easy French Poetry (French Today) French Today
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Bonjour à tous and welcome to Easy French Poetry where I read some of the most Classic French Poems. I will read them twice: once slowly - so you may repeat after me - and once at a more natural reading pace. I will sometimes also talk about the life of the author, explain the vocabulary or do an analysis of the text using simple, everyday French. You will find the full text of the poems accompanied by the audio on my website FrenchToday.com as well as much more audio material such as The Easy French Poetry Readings and Analysis series, Classic French Tales, French Verb Drills, reachable audio novels...
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"Spleen" de Charles Baudelaire
Ce poème est écrit en Alexandrins, donc le rythme est très important,...
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"Dans la Forêt Sans Heures" de Jules Supervielle
À l'écart du mouvement surréaliste, la poésie de Supervielle est humaine, souvent inspirée par le monde qui nous entourre et la nature.
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"Les Colchiques" de Guillaume Appollinaire
Poète et théoricien de l'Esprit nouveau, ses oeuvres annoncent déjà surréalisme. Dans ce poème, la femme est associée à une fleur des champs, la colchique. Mais la colchique est vénéneuse, c'est donc un poison...
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"L'Abeille" de Paul Valéry
Paul Valéry croit que la poésie possède un pouvoir émotionnel qui peut être presque magique...
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"À Une Passante" de Charles Baudelaire
Au milieu d’une rue étourdissante, le poète croise du regard une femme qui passe et il est ébloui par sa beauté et sa noblesse. Quand elle disparaît tout à coup dans la foule, il devient découragé....
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"Le Paresseux" de Marc Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant
This poem in middle French, from the 17th century, is an hymn to indolence. Saint-Amant was a libertin poet, who enjoyed all the pleasures of life, liked to eat, drink, smoke and rest, as depicted in this poem.
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Really fantastic series!
These really improve my French listening skills while enjoying some beautiful poetry!
Excellent listening exercise--highly recommended!
Listening to this podcast is like being in a French class. I found it very clear and understandable and all my questions about what certain words meant were explained in French as it went. It was the right length, pace, content, etc. I look forward to hearing more of these and learning about French poetry. I recommend this for anyone who is learning French and needs listening practice.