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aeudaimonia's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Rilke competed both the Elegies and the Sonnets after a long period of depression; so have I read them. Existential dread and the terror of the divine and the daunted but resolute commitment to live.
“Earth, isn't this what you want: to resurrect
in us invisibly? Isn't it your dream
to be invisible one day? Earth! Invisible!
What's your urgent charge, if not transformation?
Earth, my love, I will.”
“Earth, isn't this what you want: to resurrect
in us invisibly? Isn't it your dream
to be invisible one day? Earth! Invisible!
What's your urgent charge, if not transformation?
Earth, my love, I will.”
katj3x's review against another edition
5.0
It seems wrong to mark this as "read", as I don't think I will ever be done with it. There is infinity here.
sjov's review against another edition
“O, her teacher taught her many things to say, / And what is printed in roots and long / Difficult stems: she sings, she sings!”
dhalse's review against another edition
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
barschuft's review against another edition
5.0
Sublime. Captures the twisted, rooted, beautiful and effervescent all together
emilycoppella's review against another edition
5.0
Quite possibly the most enjoyable collections of poetry I’ve read so far.
margarete's review against another edition
5.0
opened a new world for me: poem as ode to the otherworld, to the divine, to heartbreak and lost love. will have to buy my own copy and revisit this
meythegreat's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0