Two years after the publishing of La fanfarlo, Baudelaire acquired a fascination with American writer Edgar Allan Poe; and began translating many of his works into French. ... He identified completely with Poe integrating many of his thoughts and ideas into his own poetry. ... He wrote in Les paradis artificiels, "It is in dreams that man communicates with the shadowy world that surrounds him." ... He would add that regret, coupled with dejection, provided a direct contrast to joy [3]. ... A considerable amount of symbolist tendencies are in Correspondances, Baudelaire's sonnet from Les f...

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