- A Dahlia by Paul Verlaine
- Democritus and the Abderitans by Jean De La Fontaine
- Grotesques by Paul Verlaine
- I Love the Memory of Those Naked Ages by Charles Baudelaire
- Letting Yourself Be Slandered by Victor Hugo
- Schinderhannes by Guillaume Apollinaire
- The Artless Ones by Paul Verlaine
- The Avenue by Paul Verlaine
- The Clown by Paul Verlaine
- To Music by Arthur Rimbaud
- To the Carefree Philosophers by Fanny De Beauharnais
- Woman and Cat by Paul Verlaine
- The Animals Sick of the Plague by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Astrologer Who Fell into a Well by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Coach and the Fly by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Council Held by the Rats by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Fox and the Stork by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Horoscope by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Miller, His Son, and the Donkey by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Miser Who Lost His Treasure by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Monkey and the Leopard by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Old Woman and the Two Servants by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Rat Who Withdrew from the World by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Shepherd and His Flock by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Two Bulls and a Frog by Jean De La Fontaine
Satire
Satirical poems and fables that poke fun at human failings and at the powerful. La Fontaine leads the way with “The Miller, His Son and the Donkey”, “The Coach and the Fly” and “The Animals Sick of the Plague”. Verlaine, Rimbaud and Baudelaire also wield irony.
