Some people consider Charles Baudelaire’s poetry to be vulgar, obscene and morbid, others admire the beauty in his artwork. Baudelaire has an extraordinary talent to describe love, life and death through symbols that usually may create disgust. His poem “A Carcass” depicts how Baudelaire and his loved one encounter a rotting corpse on a nice summer day. Even though it may not be the first thought of a person in this situation to find beauty and meaning in decomposition, that is exactly what Baudelaire does. Through his use of vivid language, explicit imagery, and contrasts, Baudelaire assures that death is a part of the perfect life circle, which all living beings have to face at some point; therefore, people should appreciate the beauty in it. …show more content…
He writes: “The sun was beaming on that carrion, / as if to roast it to perfection” (“A Carcass” 10-11). Here, the author shows how nature works perfectly. The corpse is useful to nature as much as nature is useful to the corpse. Baudelaire goes on saying, “As if the corpse, swollen with a rippling breath, / was alive and multiplied itself” (24-25). This means that from death comes more life and nature plays a role in that. Every single part is significant to the circle of life, and that is why decomposition is as important as anything else.
In addition, Baudelaire uses vulgar language, which may make the reader feel uncomfortable at times, but at the same time it creates explicit imagery and strengthens the message of the poem. For example, he describes:
Legs in the air, like a woman in