I had to read this book for the French. Even if I do not read baucoup poetry, Apollinaire poems I liked. The topics it addresses are touching: melancholy, the passage of time, love, death ... The poet makes these universal themes that he often spoke of his personal experience. The stops on reading enlightened me on the meaning of certain poems as some are a bit ambiguous. Moreover this is an edition that my teacher advised me. It is complete on the biography of the author plane and explanation of the work. I recommend this receuil.