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Easy French Poetry (French Today)

Camille Chevalier-Karfis

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 t

  • 6 minutes 5 seconds
    "Spleen" de Charles Baudelaire
    Ce poème est écrit en Alexandrins, donc le rythme est très important,...
    17 October 2011, 9:56 am
  • 2 minutes 15 seconds
    "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.
    19 September 2011, 5:17 pm
  • 4 minutes 34 seconds
    "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...
    14 February 2011, 9:15 am
  • "L'Abeille" de Paul Valéry
    Paul Valéry croit que la poésie possède un pouvoir émotionnel qui peut être presque magique...
    20 August 2010, 3:04 pm
  • "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....
    20 May 2010, 6:43 pm
  • "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.
    1 May 2010, 6:43 pm
  • 4 minutes 21 seconds
    "De la Jeune Dame Qui A Vieil Mary" de Clément Marot
    In this 16th century poem written in old French, a young woman is being married to an older man. She shares with us her attempts to seduce her husband, her torments and the decision she finally takes.
    15 March 2010, 2:33 pm
  • 6 minutes 59 seconds
    "Le Chêne et le Roseau" de Jean de la Fontaine
    This fable tells a great story about a reed (which represent the people) and an all-mighty oak (representing the king)...
    2 February 2010, 11:43 am
  • 8 minutes 40 seconds
    "La Maison Du Berger" d'Alfred de Vigny
    This 19th century poem, 336 verse long, is in fact very philosophical and talks about the human condition. Written in Alexandrines, the poet entices a woman (Èva) to leave urban life, and live in Nature (considered as God's creation) which fascinates him as much as it disgusts him..
    1 June 2009, 1:56 pm
  • 7 minutes 22 seconds
    "Les Vous et les Tu" de Voltaire
    This is a sensual, yet very deep poem from Voltaire, 18th century.
    9 March 2009, 2:56 pm
  • 5 minutes 4 seconds
    "Carmen" de Théophile Gautier
    Aujourd'hui, je vais vous lire un poème de Théophile Gautier, qui s’intitule “Carmen”.
    28 October 2008, 12:40 pm
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