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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 an…

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    "Spleen" de Charles Baudelaire

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2011 6:05


    Ce poème est écrit en Alexandrins, donc le rythme est très important,...

    "Dans la Forêt Sans Heures" de Jules Supervielle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2011 2:15


    À l'écart du mouvement surréaliste, la poésie de Supervielle est humaine, souvent inspirée par le monde qui nous entourre et la nature.

    "Les Colchiques" de Guillaume Appollinaire

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2011 4:34


    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...

    "L'Abeille" de Paul Valéry

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2010


    Paul Valéry croit que la poésie possède un pouvoir émotionnel qui peut être presque magique...

    "À Une Passante" de Charles Baudelaire

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2010


    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....

    "Le Paresseux" de Marc Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2010


    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.

    "De la Jeune Dame Qui A Vieil Mary" de Clément Marot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2010 4:21


    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.

    "Le Chêne et le Roseau" de Jean de la Fontaine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2010 6:59


    This fable tells a great story about a reed (which represent the people) and an all-mighty oak (representing the king)...

    "La Maison Du Berger" d'Alfred de Vigny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2009 8:40


    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..

    "Les Vous et les Tu" de Voltaire

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2009 7:22


    This is a sensual, yet very deep poem from Voltaire, 18th century.

    "Carmen" de Théophile Gautier

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2008 5:04


    Aujourd'hui, je vais vous lire un poème de Théophile Gautier, qui s’intitule “Carmen”.

    "Le Niagara" de Louis Fréchette

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2008 18:42


    "Le Niagara" by Louis Fréchette

    "Sur Une Morte" d'Alfred de Musset

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2008 6:52


    Poème "Sur Une Morte" d'Alfred de Musset

    Poèmes de François Villon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2008 22:41


    "Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis" et "Épitaphe", ou "Ballade des Pendus".

    "La Feuille Blanche" de Paul Valéry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2008 14:36


    Simple reading of "La Feuille Blanche" de Paul Valéry

    "La Laitière et le Pot au Lait" de Jean de La Fontaine

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2007 9:49


    Simple reading of "La Laitière et le Pot au Lait" de Jean de La Fontaine

    "Le Corbeau et Le Renard" - with Full Analysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2006 24:28


    This is a French as a second language Podcast, using poetry as a topic for discussion using everyday conversational French. Go to www.frenchtoday.com for more info on how to use this podcast according to your level.

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