Verlaine
noun
1.
Paul
[pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1844–96, French poet.
noun
1.
Paul (pɔl). 1844–96, French poet. His verse includes Poèmes saturniens (1866), Fêtes galantes (1869) and Romances sans paroles (1874). He was closely associated with Rimbaud and was a precursor of the symbolists
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