43-44. What is meant? Death? Freedom?
46-47. In allusion to the game of _rouge-et-noir_. Criticise the
taste shown here.
In what sense does the poet intend to "save" the building? Describe
the scene that he recalls. What three types are the suicides? How does
the poet know? Why does he deny the failure of their lives? Does he
base his optimistic hope on reason or feeling? Note the climax in
line's 55-57. State in your own words the meaning of the last six
lines.