The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke

The Sonnets to Orpheus

Rainer Maria Rilke

138 pages first pub 1923 (editions)

classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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The fifty-five Sonnets to Orpheus were written by Rilke in February 1922, in less than two weeks. Their central themes are Orpheus and his song of praise; what is sung is "Dasein", "being- here", the presence in the world. Rilke considered as a be...

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