I gave my French tutor a book by the Douglas Hofstadter, Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise Of The Music Of Language[1]. A book that deals with this very challenge. French is such a beautiful language that translations of poetic French involves a number of compromises.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Ton-Beau-Marot-Praise-Language/dp/046...