Bringing the world of things to speak: Whether it's a pebble, a shrimp, a butterfly, or an oyster - Ponge's maxim is to make the thoughts and opinions of the poet behind the objects disappear, in order to reveal their true essence. Of the candle, it is said: "Sometimes, in the night, a strange plant ignites, whose glow divides the furnished rooms into shadowy masses. Its gold leaf stands motionless in the hollow of an alabaster column on a deep black stem." Ponge does not describe things; he transforms them into a linguistic form to bring them to life. Inspired by Ponge, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote the essay "The Human and the Things" in 1944, which brought the poet great fame. The French title "Le Parti pris des choses" can also be understood as "Taking sides for things.".