Poèmes saturniens

Poèmes saturniens is the first collection of poetry by Paul Verlaine, first published in 1866.

Verlaine was linked with the Parnassien movement in French poetry. He published his first poem in their journal, Revue du Progrès moral, littéraire, scientifique et artistique, in August 1863. Poèmes saturniens is thought to be a partial re-working of an earlier collection planned under the title Poèmes et Sonnets.

The collection is divided into sections under the headings:

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