La Chute d’un ange

poem by Lamartine

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"La Chute d'un ange" (The Fall of an Angel) is a fragment of a larger, unfinished epic poem by Alphonse de Lamartine, a prominent figure in French Romantic literature. Published in 1838, it explores the symbolic theme of a fallen angel who chooses earthly love over divine devotion.12

The poem delves into the angel's subsequent reincarnations and his journey toward realizing that true fulfillment lies in preferring God. Lamartine, known for his lyrical and often melancholic poetry, uses this work to explore themes of love, spirituality, and the human condition, reflecting the introspective and emotional style characteristic of the Romantic movement.21

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Alphonse de Lamartine
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…poem under the appropriate title La Chute d’un ange (“The Fall of an Angel”). In 1832–33 he travelled to Lebanon, Syria, and the Holy Land. He had by then definitively lost the Catholic faith he had tried to recover in 1820; a further blow was the death in Beirut, on…
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…poem under the appropriate title La Chute d’un ange (“The Fall of an Angel”). In 1832–33 he travelled to Lebanon, Syria, and the Holy Land. He had by then definitively lost the Catholic faith he had tried to recover in 1820; a further blow was the death in Beirut, on…
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