Paul Verlaine
![](/Images/godic/202502/19/Netsurf17_-_Paul_Verlaine3838.png")
![](/Images/godic/202502/19/Paul_Verlaine_signature.svg3838.png")
![The House of Verlaine, Verlaine's birthplace in Metz, today a museum dedicated to the poet's life and artworks](/Images/godic/202502/19/Maison_natale_de_Verlaine3838.jpg")
![Plaque in Brussels](/Images/godic/202502/19/Arthur_Rimbaud_plaque3838.JPG")
Paul-Marie Verlaine (/vɛrˈlɛn/; French: [vɛʁlɛn]; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.