Verlaine left a deep imprint in poetry, shaking so far the unshakable foundations of romanticism and classicism.
The desire for repetition of consonance, an unusual perspective image of emotional experiences, musical harmony - these are the distinctive features of Verlaunowski style.
Verlaine - a complex personality, controversial, inlargely incomprehensible contemporaries. He gave poetry his unique style based on the contrast between musicality and the dissonance of sounds. Just like in his own life. Collections of his poems reveal the sad world of intangible being, the universe of ever-elusive reality.
The biography of Paul Verlaine is saturated with long periods.lack of money, scandals and restlessness. All his life he suffered from cruel blows of fate, with little or no resistance. His constant companion was alcohol. And, despite the fame and talent, he finally sank and ended his days in terrible poverty.
Verlaine's Youth
Paul-Marie Verlaine was born March 30, 1844years in Metz. His father, Captain Nicolas Auguste Verlaine, originally from the Belgian Ardennes, served in the local garrison. Paul was the only child of his mother Eliza-Julie-Joseph-Stephanie Dee.
Ardennes, or rather, a small house in Palizel, wherePaul lived with his paternal aunt, left a deep impression in the poet's soul. Nice village, surrounded by fields and gloomy forests. Here the poet spent the summer holidays up to 18 years. He then wrote with tenderness in his poems about these lands. Often drew inspiration from sad landscapes full of lyricism, colors and the nature of their attractive homeland.
Then the biography of Paul Verlaine takes us to Paris, where his family moved in 1851. The quarter of Batignell, where mostly retired military people lived, became his second homeland.
Short biography of Paul Verlaine, the beginning of the poetic path
В 1862 году, Верлен получает степень бакалавра literature. It was during this period that the future poet became acquainted with the works of Baudelaire, literary cafes of Paris and the famous "Green Fairy" - absinthe. Verlaine said: "What a fool invented this witch to call a fairy."
Paul very quickly got tired of studying law.He linked his future fate with poetry: he began to actively visit literary cafes and salons, in particular, the salon of the Marquise de Ricard, who was passionate about Parnassians. He began to see often with Leconte de Lille, who was considered the head of the whole trend, with Francois Copp and others, as well as with Alfons Lemer, his future publisher. During this period, he published his first poems, the sonnet Mister Prudhomme, and in 1864 the collection Saturnic Poems. Poems were released at the expense of the cousin of the author Eliza Monkomble. The book was published in 491 copies. Literary circles greeted this collection cool.
In a short time, the poet first lost his father, then his beloved cousin. Verlaine was very worried about the care of people dear to him and addicted to alcohol.
Verlaine's Marriage
In 1869, he met Mathilda Mote deFleurville, she became his muse. Released a collection of "good songs". In poetry, the poet naively described the development of his love feelings for a seventeen-year-old girl. The wedding took place on August 11, 1870. The young couple settled on Cardinal Lemoine Street in the house number two, overlooking the Seine, on the fifth and last floor.
В 1871 году, после Коммуны, Верлен поступил на service in the town hall. The couple moved to the apartment of the relatives of his wife, to the house number 14 on Nicole Street. But just a few weeks after their move, Rambo rushes into this house and forever destroys the life of the young spouses and Verlaine’s intentions to begin a good life.
Paul Verlaine, a brief biography: he and Rambo
Verlaine himself invited Rambo to Paris after he met his poems and received a letter from Arthur.
Verlaine and Rambo began their wild life inParis, full of high-profile stories and creativity. They found inspiration in each other. Friends revels often ended in scandals. Perhaps it is from this period that the biography of Paul Verlaine is taking a tragic turn.
Influenced by Rambo and Alcohol Behavior Verlainebecame completely immoral. He rudely treated his young wife Matilda, who eventually ran away with her son Georges, born in October 1871.
Verlaine and Rambo get close. Their scandalous love and spiritual connection lasted for more than two years. During this time, Verlaine repeatedly tried to return to the family nest, but Rimbaud’s attraction prevailed.
July 10, 1873 there was a dramaticevent, forever severed the relationship between poets. In Brussels, Verlaine, under the influence of alcohol, shot Rambo twice and wounded his left wrist. Despite the victim’s withdrawn statement, Paul was imprisoned for two years.
The period from 1871 to 1874 is the most productive in the works of both poets. The talent of one nourishes the inspiration of the other, giving rise to new stylistic forms.
The biography of Paul Verlaine after the prison does not tellnothing good At first, his life seemed to take a quiet turn. He settled as a teacher, plunged into religion. But it lasted only two and a half years. Then his beloved disciple, Lucien Letinua, appeared in his life, because of his attachment to him and the recurring binges of the poet were dismissed. He and Lucien are buying an estate in which they live happily but not for long. Due to financial troubles, Verlaine has to sell this estate, and Lucien dies from typhoid fever. Paul moves to live with his mother, writes a collection of "Love" in memory of Lucien. Again, indulges in riotous life, drinking and scandal.
For two months the poet is again imprisoned for mocking his mother, after which they move to Paris, where the unfortunate woman soon dies and Verlaine becomes absolutely impoverished.
В последние 10 лет жизни его творчество, наконец, recognized as ingenious, and the Ministry of National Education appointed him a manual. However, the biography of Paul Verlaine makes a new turn - Paul has an ulcer on his leg, which the poet cannot cure. He wanders from hospital to hospital, and during breaks he is drunk and wanders through the Latin Quarter.
January 8, 1896 Verlaine died of pneumonia. His funeral procession was accompanied by thousands of fans, poets, representatives of Parisian bohemia and close friends.
The poet was buried at the Batignolsky cemetery next to his family.
Полная биография Поля Верлена заслуживает close attention. He occupies an important place in the history of French poetry, giving her more freedom and musicality and a huge variety of new dimensions and rhymes.
