Fêtes Galantes

Fêtes galantes is a collection of poems by Paul Verlaine published in 1869. It is the second collection signed by the poet after the Poèmes saturniens of 1866. Sapphic which he will integrate in 1889 in Parallel). This short collection, composed of twenty-two poems in very varied metrical forms, depicts scenes of seduction and amorous banter between characters from the world of Italian commedia dell'arte and an idealized countryside.