Poèmes saturniens

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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: