Baudelaire and the language of correspondences

Abstract

Through the analyses of Baudelaire’s poem “Correspondances”, this essay first tries to show the origins of the poem’s main mystical images. Secondly, it tries to show how these images acquire aesthetic value, granting the sonnet the status of Symbolism’s doctrinal statement.

Keywords

• Correspondências, misticismo, Natureza, templo, estética, Simbolismo.