{"work":{"slug":"baudelaire","title":{"source":"Les Fleurs du mal","translated":"The Flowers of Evil"},"author":"Charles Baudelaire","language":"French","languageCode":"fr","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire"},"unit":{"kind":"poem","number":null,"id":"chanson-d-apres-midi","title":{"source":"Chanson d'après-midi","translated":"Afternoon Song"},"section":"Spleen and Ideal","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/chanson-d-apres-midi","lines":40},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/a-une-madone","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/sisina","license":"Source text: public domain (Charles Baudelaire, d. 1867). English translation: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC — original draft, pending editorial review.","audioBase":null,"lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s1-l1","source":"Quoique tes sourcils méchants","translation":"Although your wicked eyebrows","stanza":1,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Quoique","title":"«quoique» + subjunctive","body":"«quoique» = 'although, even though' and governs the subjunctive: «quoique… donnent» ('although they give'). It opens a long concession that runs across the first stanza — your face looks unangelic, witch-eyed, and yet («Je t'adore») I worship you all the same."}],"words":[{"surface":"Quoique","lemma":"quoique","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the concessive clause","gloss":"Although"},{"surface":"tes","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of sourcils","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"sourcils","lemma":"sourcil","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of donnent (next line)","gloss":"eyebrows"},{"surface":"méchants","lemma":"méchant","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies sourcils","gloss":"wicked"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s1-l2","source":"Te donnent un air étrange","translation":"give you a strange look","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Te","lemma":"te","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"indirect object of donnent","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"donnent","lemma":"donner","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence (subject: sourcils, previous line)","gloss":"give"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of air","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"air","lemma":"air","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of donnent","gloss":"look"},{"surface":"étrange","lemma":"étrange","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies air","gloss":"strange"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s1-l3","source":"Qui n'est pas celui d'un ange,","translation":"that is not the look of an angel,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"celui d'un ange","title":"Demonstrative «celui»","body":"«celui» = 'that (one), the one', the masculine demonstrative pronoun standing in for «air» ('look, air'). «celui d'un ange» = 'that of an angel' — it avoids repeating «air», so the line literally reads 'a look that is not the one of an angel'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"pronoun, relative","role":"subject of est","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"n'","lemma":"ne","morphology":"adverb","role":"negates est (ne...pas)","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"est","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking Qui to celui","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"pas","lemma":"pas","morphology":"adverb","role":"negates est (ne...pas)","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"celui","lemma":"celui","morphology":"pronoun, masculine, singular","role":"predicate of est","gloss":"the look"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ange","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of ange","gloss":"an"},{"surface":"ange","lemma":"ange","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of d'","gloss":"angel"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s1-l4","source":"Sorcière aux yeux alléchants,","translation":"sorceress with alluring eyes,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"alléchants","title":"alléchant","body":"«alléchant» = 'enticing, tempting, mouth-watering', from «allécher» ('to lure, to whet the appetite'). Set against «sorcière» ('sorceress, witch'), it makes the eyes a baited trap: the appeal is appetite, not innocence."}],"words":[{"surface":"Sorcière","lemma":"sorcière","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"vocative, in apposition addressing the speaker's beloved","gloss":"sorceress"},{"surface":"aux","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking yeux","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"yeux","lemma":"oeil","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"modifies Sorcière","gloss":"eyes"},{"surface":"alléchants","lemma":"alléchant","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies yeux","gloss":"alluring"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s2-l1","source":"Je t'adore, ô ma frivole,","translation":"I adore you, O my frivolous one,","stanza":2,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, first-person, singular","role":"subject of adore","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"t'","lemma":"te","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular, direct object","role":"direct object of adore","gloss":"you","note":"elided form of te before a vowel"},{"surface":"adore","lemma":"adorer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"adore"},{"surface":"ô","lemma":"ô","morphology":"interjection","role":"vocative interjection introducing ma frivole","gloss":"O"},{"surface":"ma","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of frivole","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"frivole","lemma":"frivole","morphology":"adjective used as noun, feminine, singular","role":"vocative, in apposition to t'","gloss":"frivolous one"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s2-l2","source":"Ma terrible passion!","translation":"my terrible passion!","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ma","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of passion","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"terrible","lemma":"terrible","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies passion","gloss":"terrible"},{"surface":"passion","lemma":"passion","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase, in apposition to frivole (preceding line)","gloss":"passion"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s2-l3","source":"Avec la dévotion","translation":"with the devotion","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Avec","lemma":"avec","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking dévotion","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of dévotion","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"dévotion","lemma":"dévotion","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"devotion"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s2-l4","source":"Du prêtre pour son idole.","translation":"of the priest for his idol.","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Du","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition + determiner (de+le)","role":"preposition marking prêtre","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"prêtre","lemma":"prêtre","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies dévotion (preceding line)","gloss":"priest"},{"surface":"pour","lemma":"pour","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking idole","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"son","lemma":"son","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of idole","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"idole","lemma":"idole","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of pour","gloss":"idol"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s3-l1","source":"Le désert et la forêt","translation":"The desert and the forest","stanza":3,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of désert","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"désert","lemma":"désert","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase, subject of Embaument (next line)","gloss":"desert"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of forêt","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"forêt","lemma":"forêt","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"coordinated with désert, subject of Embaument (next line)","gloss":"forest"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s3-l2","source":"Embaument tes tresses rudes,","translation":"perfume your rough tresses,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Embaument","title":"embaumer","body":"«embaumer» = 'to perfume, to make fragrant' (and also 'to embalm'). Here desert and forest are the subjects and «tes tresses rudes» ('your rough tresses') the object: the wild places scent her hair, lending it an exotic, faraway air that the next lines deepen into «énigme» and «secret»."}],"words":[{"surface":"Embaument","lemma":"embaumer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence; subject désert et forêt (preceding line)","gloss":"perfume"},{"surface":"tes","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of tresses","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"tresses","lemma":"tresse","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of Embaument","gloss":"tresses"},{"surface":"rudes","lemma":"rude","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies tresses","gloss":"rough"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s3-l3","source":"Ta tête a les attitudes","translation":"your head has the bearing","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of tête","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"tête","lemma":"tête","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of a","gloss":"head"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"avoir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"has"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of attitudes","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"attitudes","lemma":"attitude","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of a","gloss":"bearing"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s3-l4","source":"De l'énigme et du secret.","translation":"of enigma and of secret.","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"De","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking énigme","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of énigme","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"énigme","lemma":"énigme","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies attitudes (preceding line)","gloss":"enigma"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"du","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition + determiner (de+le)","role":"preposition marking secret","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"secret","lemma":"secret","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with énigme","gloss":"secret"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s4-l1","source":"Sur ta chair le parfum rôde","translation":"Over your flesh the perfume prowls","stanza":4,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"le parfum rôde","title":"rôder","body":"«rôder» = 'to prowl, to roam, to lurk' — the verb of an animal or a thief circling. Giving it to «le parfum» ('the perfume') makes the scent something that stalks her skin, an active, faintly predatory presence rather than a passive fragrance."}],"words":[{"surface":"Sur","lemma":"sur","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking chair","gloss":"over"},{"surface":"ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of chair","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"chair","lemma":"chair","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of Sur","gloss":"flesh"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of parfum","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"parfum","lemma":"parfum","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of rôde","gloss":"perfume"},{"surface":"rôde","lemma":"rôder","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"prowls"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s4-l2","source":"Comme autour d'un encensoir;","translation":"as around a censer;","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"encensoir","title":"encensoir","body":"«un encensoir» is a censer — the swinging vessel of burning incense used in church liturgy. It picks up the priest-and-idol image of stanza two: her body smokes like an altar, and worship of her is staged as a rite."}],"words":[{"surface":"Comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"conjunction","role":"introduces the comparison to rôde (preceding line)","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"autour","lemma":"autour","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"around"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking encensoir","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of encensoir","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"encensoir","lemma":"encensoir","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of autour","gloss":"censer"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s4-l3","source":"Tu charmes comme le soir","translation":"you enchant like the evening,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular","role":"subject of charmes","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"charmes","lemma":"charmer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"enchant"},{"surface":"comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking soir","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of soir","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"soir","lemma":"soir","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of comme","gloss":"evening"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s4-l4","source":"Nymphe ténébreuse et chaude.","translation":"dark and ardent nymph.","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Nymphe","lemma":"nymphe","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"vocative, in apposition to Tu (preceding line)","gloss":"nymph"},{"surface":"ténébreuse","lemma":"ténébreux","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies Nymphe","gloss":"dark"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"chaude","lemma":"chaud","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"coordinated with ténébreuse, modifies Nymphe","gloss":"ardent"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s5-l1","source":"Ah! les philtres les plus forts","translation":"Ah! the strongest philtres","stanza":5,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"les philtres","title":"philtre","body":"«un philtre» is a love-potion or magic draught (the homophone «un filtre» is the ordinary 'filter'). It keeps the witchcraft running under the poem: even the strongest charmed potions «ne valent pas» — are no match for — her indolence."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ah","lemma":"ah","morphology":"interjection","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"ah"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of philtres","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"philtres","lemma":"philtre","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of valent (next line)","gloss":"philtres"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of forts","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"plus","lemma":"plus","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies forts","gloss":"most"},{"surface":"forts","lemma":"fort","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies philtres","gloss":"strongest"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s5-l2","source":"Ne valent pas ta paresse,","translation":"are not worth your idleness,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ne","lemma":"ne","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies valent (negation)","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"valent","lemma":"valoir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence; subject philtres (preceding line)","gloss":"are worth"},{"surface":"pas","lemma":"pas","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies valent (negation)","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of paresse","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"paresse","lemma":"paresse","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of valent","gloss":"idleness"}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s5-l3","source":"Et tu connais la caresse","translation":"and you know the caress","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular","role":"subject of connais","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"connais","lemma":"connaître","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"know"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of caresse","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"caresse","lemma":"caresse","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of connais","gloss":"caress"}]},{"number":20,"label":"20","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s5-l4","source":"Qui fait revivre les morts!","translation":"that brings the dead back to life!","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"fait revivre les morts","title":"Causative «faire» + infinitive","body":"«faire revivre» = 'to make (someone) live again, to revive'. French forms the causative with «faire» plus a bare infinitive where English needs 'make … live'. «les morts» ('the dead') is the object her caress acts upon — a power both miraculous and, in this love, vampiric."}],"words":[{"surface":"Qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"relative pronoun","role":"subject of fait; refers to caresse (preceding line)","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"fait","lemma":"faire","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause","gloss":"brings"},{"surface":"revivre","lemma":"revivre","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of fait","gloss":"back to life"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of morts","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"morts","lemma":"mort","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of revivre","gloss":"dead"}]},{"number":21,"label":"21","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s6-l1","source":"Tes hanches sont amoureuses","translation":"Your hips are in love","stanza":6,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Tes","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of hanches","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"hanches","lemma":"hanche","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"subject of sont","gloss":"hips"},{"surface":"sont","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"copula linking to amoureuses","gloss":"are"},{"surface":"amoureuses","lemma":"amoureux","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"in love"}]},{"number":22,"label":"22","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s6-l2","source":"De ton dos et de tes seins,","translation":"with your back and your breasts,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"amoureuses De ton dos","title":"«amoureux de» (in love with)","body":"«être amoureux de» = 'to be in love with'; the preposition is «de», not 'with'. Here «tes hanches» ('your hips') are «amoureuses de ton dos et de tes seins» — her own body parts desire one another, a closed circuit of self-delighting sensuality."}],"words":[{"surface":"De","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking dos","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"ton","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of dos","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"dos","lemma":"dos","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of De, modifies amoureuses (preceding line)","gloss":"back"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking seins","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"tes","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of seins","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"seins","lemma":"sein","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"coordinated with dos","gloss":"breasts"}]},{"number":23,"label":"23","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s6-l3","source":"Et tu ravis les coussins","translation":"and you delight the cushions","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"tu ravis les coussins","title":"ravir","body":"«ravir» means both 'to delight, to enchant' and 'to ravish, to carry off' — the same doubleness as English 'ravishing'. She so charms the cushions with her «poses langoureuses» that even the furniture seems seduced."}],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular","role":"subject of ravis","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"ravis","lemma":"ravir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"delight"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of coussins","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"coussins","lemma":"coussin","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of ravis","gloss":"cushions"}]},{"number":24,"label":"24","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s6-l4","source":"Par tes poses langoureuses.","translation":"with your languorous poses.","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Par","lemma":"par","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking poses","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"tes","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of poses","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"poses","lemma":"pose","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"object of Par","gloss":"poses"},{"surface":"langoureuses","lemma":"langoureux","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies poses","gloss":"languorous"}]},{"number":25,"label":"25","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s7-l1","source":"Quelquefois, pour apaiser","translation":"Sometimes, to appease","stanza":7,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Quelquefois","lemma":"quelquefois","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies prodigues (s7-l3)","gloss":"sometimes"},{"surface":"pour","lemma":"pour","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the purpose clause with apaiser","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"apaiser","lemma":"apaiser","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"infinitive complement of pour; takes rage (next line) as object","gloss":"appease"}]},{"number":26,"label":"26","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s7-l2","source":"Ta rage mystérieuse,","translation":"your mysterious rage,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of rage","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"rage","lemma":"rage","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of apaiser (preceding line)","gloss":"rage"},{"surface":"mystérieuse","lemma":"mystérieux","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies rage","gloss":"mysterious"}]},{"number":27,"label":"27","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s7-l3","source":"Tu prodigues, sérieuse,","translation":"you lavish, in earnest,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Tu prodigues","title":"prodiguer","body":"«prodiguer» = 'to lavish, to shower, to give without stint' (the root of «prodigue», 'prodigal'). She does not merely give the bite and the kiss but pours them out extravagantly. «sérieuse» ('serious, in earnest', feminine) makes the cruelty solemn rather than playful."}],"words":[{"surface":"Tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular","role":"subject of prodigues","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"prodigues","lemma":"prodiguer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lavish"},{"surface":"sérieuse","lemma":"sérieux","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"adjectival apposition modifying Tu","gloss":"in earnest"}]},{"number":28,"label":"28","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s7-l4","source":"La morsure et le baiser;","translation":"the bite and the kiss;","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"La","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of morsure","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"morsure","lemma":"morsure","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of prodigues (preceding line)","gloss":"bite"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of baiser","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"baiser","lemma":"baiser","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with morsure","gloss":"kiss"}]},{"number":29,"label":"29","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s8-l1","source":"Tu me déchires, ma brune,","translation":"You tear me apart, my dark-haired one,","stanza":8,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Tu me déchires","title":"déchirer","body":"«déchirer» = 'to tear, to rip, to rend' — cloth, paper, or flesh. «Tu me déchires» = 'you tear me apart'. The violence sits beside «un rire moqueur» ('a mocking laugh'): she wounds and laughs, then soothes — the cruelty and tenderness braided together that the poem keeps reaching for."}],"words":[{"surface":"Tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular","role":"subject of déchires","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, first-person, singular, direct object","role":"direct object of déchires","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"déchires","lemma":"déchirer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"tear apart"},{"surface":"ma","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of brune","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"brune","lemma":"brune","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"vocative, in apposition to Tu","gloss":"dark-haired one"}]},{"number":30,"label":"30","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s8-l2","source":"Avec un rire moqueur,","translation":"with a 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The closing apostrophe turns the cruel idol into the one who also cures."}],"words":[{"surface":"Mon","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of âme","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"âme","lemma":"âme","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"soul"},{"surface":"par","lemma":"par","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking toi","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"toi","lemma":"toi","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular, disjunctive","role":"object of par","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"guérie","lemma":"guérir","morphology":"verb, past, participle, feminine, singular","role":"modifies âme","gloss":"healed"}]},{"number":38,"label":"38","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s10-l2","source":"Par toi, lumière et couleur!","translation":"by you, light and color!","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Par","lemma":"par","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking toi","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"toi","lemma":"toi","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular, disjunctive","role":"object of Par","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"lumière","lemma":"lumière","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to âme (s10-l1), coordinated with couleur","gloss":"light"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"couleur","lemma":"couleur","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"coordinated with lumière","gloss":"color"}]},{"number":39,"label":"39","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s10-l3","source":"Explosion de chaleur","translation":"Explosion of warmth","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Explosion","lemma":"explosion","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to âme (s10-l1)","gloss":"explosion"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking chaleur","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"chaleur","lemma":"chaleur","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies Explosion","gloss":"warmth"}]},{"number":40,"label":"40","id":"chanson-d-apres-midi-s10-l4","source":"Dans ma noire Sibérie!","translation":"in my black Siberia!","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Dans","lemma":"dans","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Sibérie","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"ma","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of Sibérie","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"noire","lemma":"noir","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies Sibérie","gloss":"black"},{"surface":"Sibérie","lemma":"Sibérie","morphology":"proper noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of Dans","gloss":"Siberia"}]}]}