Read full poem →to think of Corbière a little as one thinks of Goya, without Goya's
Spanish, with infinite differences, but with a macabre intensity, and a
modernity that we have not yet surpassed. There are possible grounds for
Dictionary Entry
Representing or personifying death.
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Common Phrases
. macabrescene macabredance macabrehumor macabresense macabrejoke macabremacabre danse
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Poetry examples for “macabre”
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