sentences:  It was composed over an extended period between 1882 and 1892 and dedicated to Henri Duparc.Chausson would write another major work in the same genre, the "Chanson perpétuelle", in 1898.The Poème consists of two parts separated by an orchestral interlude, based on the poems "La Fleur des eaux" ("The Flower of the Waters") and "La Mort de l'amour" ("The Death of Love") by Chausson's friend Maurice Bouchor (1855–1929).