波德莱尔的《恶之花》为现代诗歌开创了一个新的时代 ,其描写对象是以往文学史上所从来没有过的 ,作品中所呈现出来的大多为丑恶的东西 ,作者以丑为美 ,化丑为美 ,向传统文化提出了挑战。与之相对应 ,在艺术上作者在文学史上最早采用了象征主义的创作手法 ,其主要手法是 :通过暗示来识读奥秘 ;通过具象描绘破译抽象情思 ;从联想产生形象。而其象征手法的理论基础是他自己提出的通感理论 Baudelaire’s “Flower of Evil” has opened up a new era for modern poetry. Its object of description is something never seen before in the history of literature. Most of the works presented are ugly things. , Ugly for the United States, to the traditional culture posed a challenge. Correspondingly, the author of art took the earliest symbolism in the history of literature. The main tactics are as follows: reading mysteries through suggestion; deciphering abstract emotions through figurative depictions; and producing images from associations. The theoretical basis of his symbolism is his own theory of synaesthesia