A review by l2intj
New Poems by Edward Snow, Rainer Maria Rilke

challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.25

I adore Rilke. I’ve read all of his major works several times, and I was delighted to find a full collection of his New Poems. I was, however, not blown away by this collection. I don’t know if it was the poetry itself or the translation. I really don’t know enough about translating to judge that, but several of the poems just came across as clunky. I know Rilke was doing something a little different with these works as well though…so…who knows. Anyway, it’s not my favorite of his, but there are always gems among his poetry, and that remains true for this book as well. So, at the end of the day, it was worth the read.