Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

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Writer and poet, Rilke was considered one of the greatest lyric poets of modern Germany. He created the "object poem" as an attempt to describe with utmost clarity physical objects, the "silence of their concentrated reality." He became famous with such works as Duineser Elegien and Die Sonette an Orpheus . They both appeared in 1923. After these books, Rilke had published his major works, believing that he had done his best as a writer. Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague as the son of Jo.. Continue..

Some of Rainer Maria Rilke Poems

Loneliness

The Panther

Autumn Day

The Sisters

Falling Stars

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	All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

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