Get Drunk, By Charles Baudelaire

Tick-tock Most people perceive a negative connotation when they hear the words “let’s get drunk.” Images of wild partying, consuming copious amounts of alcohol, and excessively throwing up the next day seem to come to mind. But, as we all know, several words in the dictionary have more than one meaning. According to Charles Baudelaire, the word drunk is one of these words. In Baudelaire’s prose poem, “Get Drunk,” he defines drunkenness in a clever yet satisfying way. He explains that it does not matter whether you get drunken with poetry, wine, or virtue. Just find something that you are passionate about and use that to drown your sorrows away. Although Baudelaire describes drunkenness as a positive experience, one can argue that his