/lit/ - Literature

>>17451046
>reading translations
That's where you fucked up, OP.

Fact: your favorite novelist wrote prose because he sucked too much to write poetry.

Fact: your favorite novelist wrote prose because he sucked too much to write poetry.

Fact: your favorite novelist wrote prose because he sucked too much to write poetry.

>Là! Je me tue à vos genoux !
>Car ma détresse est infinie,
>Et la tigresse épouvantable d'Hyrcanie
>Est une agnelle au prix de vous.

>>17303773
Several women have fucked me because I read almost nothing but French poetry in the original French and they think it's mysterious and cool. They think something deep is happening in me when I read but really it's just Rimbaud talking about how he got raped by the Communards or Verlaine talking about pantomimes. The key is the allure. They see X French poet, and boom, that's all they need. They don't have to know anything about the poet or his works. It's just an image with a feeling attached to it. (I'm also an 8, tan and lift weights daily- reading is cooler when you're cool and healthy, not a stick in the mud!).