{"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":"tout-entiere","title":{"source":"Tout entière","translated":"Wholly One"},"section":"Spleen and Ideal","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/tout-entiere","lines":24},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/semper-eadem","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/que-diras-tu-ce-soir-pauvre-ame-solitaire","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":"tout-entiere-s1-l1","source":"Le Démon, dans ma chambre haute","translation":"The Demon, in my high room,","stanza":1,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"ma chambre haute","title":"«haut» — high, upper","body":"«haut» means 'high'; «ma chambre haute» is 'my high room', an upper chamber set above the street. The capitalized «Démon» enters this lofty, near-monastic space at once — the tempter climbing to the poet's heights, the everyday French «chambre» (bedroom) lifted by «haute» into something almost a tower."}],"words":[{"surface":"Le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of Démon","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Démon","lemma":"Démon","morphology":"proper noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"Demon"},{"surface":"dans","lemma":"dans","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking chambre","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"ma","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of chambre","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"chambre","lemma":"chambre","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies Démon","gloss":"room"},{"surface":"haute","lemma":"haut","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies chambre","gloss":"high"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"tout-entiere-s1-l2","source":"Ce matin est venu me voir,","translation":"Came this morning to see me,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"est venu me voir","title":"«venir» in the passé composé with «être»","body":"«venir» (to come) forms its passé composé with «être», not «avoir»: «est venu» = 'came / has come', and the participle «venu» would agree with a feminine or plural subject. «venir + infinitive» means 'to come (in order) to do' — «est venu me voir» = 'came to see me'. The pronoun «me» sits before the infinitive «voir» it belongs to."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ce","lemma":"ce","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of matin","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"matin","lemma":"matin","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of venu","gloss":"morning"},{"surface":"est","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of venu","gloss":"has"},{"surface":"venu","lemma":"venir","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"came"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, first-person, singular","role":"direct object of voir","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"voir","lemma":"voir","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of venu","gloss":"to see"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"tout-entiere-s1-l3","source":"Et, tâchant à me prendre en faute","translation":"And, trying to catch me at fault,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"tâchant à me prendre","title":"«tâcher à» — the present participle, archaic «à»","body":"«tâchant» is the present participle of «tâcher» (to try, to strive), here describing the Demon: 'trying to'. Modern French prefers «tâcher de + infinitive»; Baudelaire keeps the older «tâcher à», which gives the line an archaic poise. «prendre en faute» is the idiom 'to catch (someone) in the wrong, at fault'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"tâchant","lemma":"tâcher","morphology":"verb, present, participle","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"trying"},{"surface":"à","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of prendre","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, first-person, singular","role":"direct object of prendre","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"prendre","lemma":"prendre","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of tâchant","gloss":"catch"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking faute","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"faute","lemma":"faute","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique argument of prendre","gloss":"fault"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"tout-entiere-s1-l4","source":"Me dit: «Je voudrais bien savoir","translation":"Said to me: \"I should very much like to know","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Je voudrais bien savoir","title":"«voudrais» — the conditional as polite wish","body":"«voudrais» is the conditional of «vouloir» (to want), softening 'I want' into 'I should like / I would like'. Reinforced by «bien», «je voudrais bien savoir» = 'I should very much like to know'. The conditional lends the Demon a mock courtesy — the tempter's question arrives wrapped in drawing-room politeness, opening the «guillemets» that hold his speech to the end of the poem."}],"words":[{"surface":"Me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, first-person, singular","role":"indirect object of dit","gloss":"to me"},{"surface":"dit","lemma":"dire","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence (subject: matin, previous line)","gloss":"said"},{"surface":"Je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of voudrais","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"voudrais","lemma":"vouloir","morphology":"verb, present, conditional, first-person, singular","role":"quoted clause, complement of dit","gloss":"would like"},{"surface":"bien","lemma":"bien","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies voudrais","gloss":"very much"},{"surface":"savoir","lemma":"savoir","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of voudrais","gloss":"to know"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"tout-entiere-s2-l1","source":"Parmi toutes les belles choses","translation":"Among all the beautiful things","stanza":2,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Parmi toutes les belles choses","title":"«parmi» — among","body":"«parmi» means 'among, amid', used for things one is set in the midst of. «parmi toutes les belles choses» = 'among all the beautiful things'. The anaphora — «Parmi … / Parmi …» across this stanza — lays the woman out as an inventory of parts, exactly the division the soul will go on to refuse."}],"words":[{"surface":"Parmi","lemma":"parmi","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking choses","gloss":"among"},{"surface":"toutes","lemma":"tout","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies choses","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of choses","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"belles","lemma":"bel","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies choses","gloss":"beautiful"},{"surface":"choses","lemma":"chose","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"things"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"tout-entiere-s2-l2","source":"Dont est fait son enchantement,","translation":"Of which her enchantment is made,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Dont est fait son enchantement","title":"«dont» — relative 'of which', with inversion","body":"«dont» is the relative pronoun standing for «de + …» ('of which, whose'): «les belles choses dont est fait son enchantement» = 'the beautiful things of which her enchantment is made'. The verb is fronted before its subject — «est fait son enchantement» rather than «son enchantement est fait» — a poetic inversion that lets «enchantement» fall, weighted, at the line's end."}],"words":[{"surface":"Dont","lemma":"dont","morphology":"pronoun, relative","role":"oblique argument of fait (relative to choses)","gloss":"of which","note":"Relative pronoun referring back to \"choses\" in the previous line."},{"surface":"est","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"passive auxiliary of fait","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"fait","lemma":"faire","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"made"},{"surface":"son","lemma":"son","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of enchantement","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"enchantement","lemma":"enchantement","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of passive fait","gloss":"enchantment"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"tout-entiere-s2-l3","source":"Parmi les objets noirs ou roses","translation":"Among the objects black or pink","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Parmi","lemma":"parmi","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking objets","gloss":"among"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of objets","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"objets","lemma":"objet","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"objects"},{"surface":"noirs","lemma":"noir","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies objets","gloss":"black"},{"surface":"ou","lemma":"ou","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"or"},{"surface":"roses","lemma":"rose","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"coordinated with noirs","gloss":"pink"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"tout-entiere-s2-l4","source":"Qui composent son corps charmant,","translation":"That compose her charming body,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Qui composent son corps charmant","title":"«composer» — to make up, to compose","body":"«composer» here is 'to make up, to constitute' rather than 'to write music'; «les objets … qui composent son corps» = 'the objects that make up her body'. The Demon's premise is that the body is composed of separable parts — «objets noirs ou roses», 'black or pink objects' — and his trap is to ask which single part the poet prefers."}],"words":[{"surface":"Qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of composent","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"composent","lemma":"composer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"compose"},{"surface":"son","lemma":"son","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of corps","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"corps","lemma":"corps","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of composent","gloss":"body"},{"surface":"charmant","lemma":"charmant","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies corps","gloss":"charming"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"tout-entiere-s3-l1","source":"Quel est le plus doux.» — Ô mon âme!","translation":"Which is the sweetest.\" — O my soul!","stanza":3,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Quel est le plus doux","title":"«le plus doux» — the superlative","body":"«le plus + adjective» forms the superlative: «le plus doux» = 'the sweetest'. The Demon's question closes here — the «guillemets» shut after «doux» — and the em-dash «—» wrenches the poem back to the speaker's own cry, «Ô mon âme!» ('O my soul!'), as the soul prepares to answer the tempter."}],"words":[{"surface":"Quel","lemma":"quel","morphology":"pronoun, interrogative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of est","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"est","lemma":"être","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to doux","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of doux (superlative marker)","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"plus","lemma":"plus","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies doux (superlative)","gloss":"most"},{"surface":"doux","lemma":"doux","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of est","gloss":"sweet"},{"surface":"Ô","lemma":"ô","morphology":"interjection","role":"exclamation introducing âme","gloss":"oh"},{"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 vocative phrase","gloss":"soul"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"tout-entiere-s3-l2","source":"Tu répondis à l'Abhorré:","translation":"You answered the Abhorred One:","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Tu répondis","title":"«répondis» — the passé simple","body":"«répondis» is the passé simple (literary past) of «répondre» (to answer), 'you answered' — a tense reserved for written narration, here giving the soul's reply the finality of scripture. «l'Abhorré» ('the Abhorred One') is a coined epithet for the Demon, the past participle of «abhorrer» (to abhor) capitalized into a proper name, like a title of the Devil."}],"words":[{"surface":"Tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular","role":"subject of répondis","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"répondis","lemma":"répondre","morphology":"verb, past, simple past, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"answered"},{"surface":"à","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Abhorré","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of Abhorré","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Abhorré","lemma":"Abhorré","morphology":"proper noun","role":"oblique argument of répondis","gloss":"Abhorred One"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"tout-entiere-s3-l3","source":"«Puisqu'en Elle tout est dictame","translation":"\"Since in Her all is balm,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Puisqu'en Elle tout est dictame","title":"«puisque» — since, given that","body":"«puisque» introduces a reason taken as already granted ('since, seeing that'), unlike «parce que» which answers 'why?'. It elides before a vowel: «puisqu'en Elle». The soul's whole rebuttal turns on this premise — «puisque … tout est dictame», 'since everything in her is balm' — from which the next line draws its conclusion. «Elle» is capitalized to near-divinity."},{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"dictame","title":"«le dictame» — balm, healing herb","body":"«le dictame» is dittany, an aromatic herb the ancients prized as a wound-healer, and so by extension a balm or sovereign remedy. Saying «tout est dictame» — 'everything (in her) is balm' — makes the beloved wholly healing, every part of her a cure, which is why no single part can be 'preferred' over the rest."}],"words":[{"surface":"Puisqu'","lemma":"puisque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of dictame","gloss":"since","note":"Elision of puisque before the vowel of en."},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Elle","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Elle","lemma":"elle","morphology":"pronoun, feminine, singular","role":"object of preposition en","gloss":"Her"},{"surface":"tout","lemma":"tout","morphology":"pronoun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of est","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"est","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to dictame","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"dictame","lemma":"dictame","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of est","gloss":"balm"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"tout-entiere-s3-l4","source":"Rien ne peut être préféré.","translation":"Nothing can be preferred.","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Rien ne peut être préféré","title":"«rien … ne» and the passive infinitive","body":"Negation in French is two-part: «rien» pairs with «ne» around the verb — «rien ne peut» = 'nothing can'. «être préféré» is a passive infinitive ('to be preferred'), with «préféré» agreeing as a participle. The line is the poem's hinge: because all of her is balm, no part «peut être préféré» — can be singled out and ranked above another."}],"words":[{"surface":"Rien","lemma":"rien","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of peut","gloss":"nothing"},{"surface":"ne","lemma":"ne","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies peut","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"peut","lemma":"pouvoir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"can"},{"surface":"être","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, infinitive","role":"passive auxiliary of préféré","gloss":"be"},{"surface":"préféré","lemma":"préférer","morphology":"verb, past, passive, participle, masculine, singular","role":"complement of peut","gloss":"preferred"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"tout-entiere-s4-l1","source":"Lorsque tout me ravit, j'ignore","translation":"When everything ravishes me, I cannot tell","stanza":4,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"tout me ravit","title":"«ravir» — to ravish, to delight utterly","body":"«ravir» means 'to carry off, to enrapture, to delight beyond measure' — the older sense of English 'ravish'. «tout me ravit» = 'everything ravishes / enraptures me'. «Lorsque» ('when') opens the condition that the rest of the sentence answers: when the whole of her transports the poet at once, he can no longer isolate a cause."}],"words":[{"surface":"Lorsque","lemma":"lorsque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of ravit","gloss":"when"},{"surface":"tout","lemma":"tout","morphology":"pronoun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of ravit","gloss":"everything"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, first-person, singular","role":"direct object of ravit","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"ravit","lemma":"ravir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"adverbial clause on ignore","gloss":"ravishes"},{"surface":"j'","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of ignore","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"ignore","lemma":"ignorer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"cannot tell"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"tout-entiere-s4-l2","source":"Si quelque chose me séduit.","translation":"If some one thing seduces me.","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"j'ignore / Si quelque chose me séduit","title":"«ignorer si» — 'not to know whether'","body":"«ignorer» is a false friend: it means 'not to know, to be unaware', not 'to ignore'. «j'ignore si quelque chose me séduit» = 'I do not know whether any single thing seduces me'. The indirect question rides «si» ('whether') across the line break — the poet, ravished by the whole, cannot say which part charms him."}],"words":[{"surface":"Si","lemma":"si","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of séduit","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"quelque","lemma":"quelque","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of chose","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"chose","lemma":"chose","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of séduit","gloss":"thing"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, first-person, singular","role":"direct object of séduit","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"séduit","lemma":"séduire","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"seduces"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"tout-entiere-s4-l3","source":"Elle éblouit comme l'Aurore","translation":"She dazzles like the Dawn","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Elle éblouit comme l'Aurore","title":"«éblouir» — to dazzle","body":"«éblouir» is 'to dazzle, to blind with brightness'. «Elle éblouit comme l'Aurore» = 'she dazzles like the Dawn'. «l'Aurore» is the dawn (and the goddess Aurora); capitalized, it pairs with «la Nuit» ('the Night') in the next line to set the beloved between two cosmic extremes — she does the work of both day's blaze and night's solace."}],"words":[{"surface":"Elle","lemma":"elle","morphology":"pronoun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of éblouit","gloss":"she"},{"surface":"éblouit","lemma":"éblouir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"dazzles"},{"surface":"comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Aurore","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of Aurore","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Aurore","lemma":"Aurore","morphology":"proper noun, singular","role":"direct object of éblouit","gloss":"Dawn"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"tout-entiere-s4-l4","source":"Et console comme la Nuit;","translation":"And consoles like the Night;","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"console","lemma":"consoler","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"consoles"},{"surface":"comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Nuit","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of Nuit","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Nuit","lemma":"nuit","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique argument of console","gloss":"Night"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"tout-entiere-s5-l1","source":"Et l'harmonie est trop exquise,","translation":"And the harmony is too exquisite,","stanza":5,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"trop exquise … Pour que … En note","title":"«trop … pour que» + subjunctive","body":"«trop … pour que» means 'too … for (something to happen)' and forces the subjunctive in the clause it governs. The structure spans three lines: «l'harmonie est trop exquise … Pour que l'impuissante analyse En note les nombreux accords» — 'the harmony is too exquisite for powerless analysis to note its many chords'. «En note» is the subjunctive of «noter»; the whole is too perfect for the dividing mind to itemize."}],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of harmonie","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"harmonie","lemma":"harmonie","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of est","gloss":"harmony"},{"surface":"est","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to exquise","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"trop","lemma":"trop","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies exquise","gloss":"too"},{"surface":"exquise","lemma":"exquis","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"predicate complement of est","gloss":"exquisite"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"tout-entiere-s5-l2","source":"Qui gouverne tout son beau corps,","translation":"That governs her whole fair body,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of gouverne","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"gouverne","lemma":"gouverner","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"governs"},{"surface":"tout","lemma":"tout","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies corps","gloss":"whole"},{"surface":"son","lemma":"son","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of corps","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"beau","lemma":"beau","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies corps","gloss":"fair"},{"surface":"corps","lemma":"corps","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of gouverne","gloss":"body"}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"tout-entiere-s5-l3","source":"Pour que l'impuissante analyse","translation":"For powerless analysis","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"l'impuissante analyse","title":"«impuissant» — powerless, impotent","body":"«impuissant» means 'powerless, unable, impotent'; the feminine «impuissante» agrees with «analyse». «l'impuissante analyse» = 'powerless analysis' — the dissecting intellect that takes a thing apart. The poem's argument is anti-analytic: the beloved's harmony is too fine for any breaking-down to catalogue, so the mind that would name her parts is left helpless."}],"words":[{"surface":"Pour","lemma":"pour","morphology":"preposition","role":"head of the phrase (pour que = so that)","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"part of the phrase Pour","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of impuissante","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"impuissante","lemma":"impuissant","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies analyse","gloss":"powerless"},{"surface":"analyse","lemma":"analyse","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase, subject of note (next line)","gloss":"analysis"}]},{"number":20,"label":"20","id":"tout-entiere-s5-l4","source":"En note les nombreux accords.","translation":"To note down its many chords.","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"les nombreux accords","title":"«les accords» — chords, harmonies","body":"«un accord» is a musical chord, and more widely an agreement or accord between parts. «les nombreux accords» = 'the many chords' of the harmony that governs her body. The metaphor is musical: she is a single harmony made of countless chords sounding together, which 'powerless analysis' could never write out note by note."}],"words":[{"surface":"En","lemma":"en","morphology":"pronoun, adverbial","role":"partitive object of note","gloss":"of them","note":"\"En\" here is the partitive pronoun (\"some of them\"), not the preposition \"in.\""},{"surface":"note","lemma":"noter","morphology":"verb, present, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the clause (subject: analyse, previous line)","gloss":"may note down"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of accords","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"nombreux","lemma":"nombreux","morphology":"adjective, masculine","role":"modifies accords","gloss":"many"},{"surface":"accords","lemma":"accord","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of note","gloss":"chords"}]},{"number":21,"label":"21","id":"tout-entiere-s6-l1","source":"Ô métamorphose mystique","translation":"O mystic metamorphosis","stanza":6,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ô","lemma":"ô","morphology":"interjection","role":"exclamation introducing métamorphose","gloss":"oh"},{"surface":"métamorphose","lemma":"métamorphose","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"metamorphosis"},{"surface":"mystique","lemma":"mystique","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies métamorphose","gloss":"mystic"}]},{"number":22,"label":"22","id":"tout-entiere-s6-l2","source":"De tous mes sens fondus en un!","translation":"Of all my senses melted into one!","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"mes sens fondus en un","title":"«fondu» — past participle of «fondre»","body":"«fondus» is the past participle of «fondre» (to melt, to fuse), agreeing in the masculine plural with «mes sens» ('my senses'): «fondus en un» = 'melted / fused into one'. This is Baudelairean synesthesia — the senses run together until breath becomes music and voice becomes scent in the final couplet, the many made indivisibly one."}],"words":[{"surface":"De","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking sens","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"tous","lemma":"tout","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies sens","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"mes","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of sens","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"sens","lemma":"sens","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"senses"},{"surface":"fondus","lemma":"fondre","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"clause modifying sens","gloss":"melted"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking un","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"pronoun, numeral, masculine, singular","role":"object of preposition en","gloss":"one"}]},{"number":23,"label":"23","id":"tout-entiere-s6-l3","source":"Son haleine fait la musique,","translation":"Her breath makes the music,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Son haleine fait la musique","title":"«l'haleine» — breath","body":"«l'haleine» is the breath one exhales (distinct from «le souffle», a current of breath or wind). «Son haleine fait la musique» = 'her breath makes the music'. The crossing of senses lands here: a breath, properly felt or smelled, is heard as music — and in the next line a voice is breathed as perfume, sense fused into sense."}],"words":[{"surface":"Son","lemma":"son","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of haleine","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"haleine","lemma":"haleine","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of fait","gloss":"breath"},{"surface":"fait","lemma":"faire","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"makes"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of musique","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"musique","lemma":"musique","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of fait","gloss":"music"}]},{"number":24,"label":"24","id":"tout-entiere-s6-l4","source":"Comme sa voix fait le parfum!»","translation":"As her voice makes the perfume!\"","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"sa voix fait le parfum","title":"«comme» completing the synesthesia","body":"«comme» here means 'just as, in the same way that', balancing this clause against «Son haleine fait la musique»: breath is to music as voice is to perfume. «sa voix fait le parfum» = 'her voice makes the perfume' — sound become scent. The closing «guillemets» shut the soul's long reply, and the senses end wholly merged, the poem's title made flesh."}],"words":[{"surface":"Comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of fait","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"sa","lemma":"son","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of voix","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"voix","lemma":"voix","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of fait","gloss":"voice"},{"surface":"fait","lemma":"faire","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"makes"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of parfum","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"parfum","lemma":"parfum","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of fait","gloss":"perfume"}]}]}