Looking at Translation: Women's Fantasies
Find the translated words and phrases below within the poem, using the stanza numbers in the fourth column. What do you notice about their meanings and sounds, in French and in English? Put your notes and comments in the last column.
Then, add three additional words or phrases that seem to have interesting translations, and comment on those, too.
# | French | English | Stanza | Notes and Comments |
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1 | exquise | lovely | 1 | |
2 | douce | sweet | 1 | |
3 | en douce folie | while wildly insane | 2 | |
4 | cela m’irrite | I am dismayed | 3 | |
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