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dreamsnreverie's review against another edition
5.0
WOW. God Rilke is my favorite poet forever. My copy is a less popular translation by Edward Snow so at some point I’ll have to read the popular translation but still… WOW.
Apparently Rilke wrote this in a castle in the Swiss alps lent him by a princess, alone for months except for I assume the staff feeding him, what a writer would do for such conditions
Apparently Rilke wrote this in a castle in the Swiss alps lent him by a princess, alone for months except for I assume the staff feeding him, what a writer would do for such conditions
arimanos's review against another edition
5.0
So beautiful.
This is one of the best poetry books I have ever read. I simply picked it up because I own a copy of Rilke's letters and I wanted to familiarize myself with his work before reading them. I had no idea I would enjoy it this much. This is more than just poetry; it is a compelling philosophical text. I found it so touching, not only due to the subject matter, but mostly due to the fact that Rilke's writing is so tender and intrusive in the best way possible. I am genuinely frustrated writing this because there's a beauty to this I just cannot translate into words. I am sure that I will keep returning to these poems for many years to come.
This is one of the best poetry books I have ever read. I simply picked it up because I own a copy of Rilke's letters and I wanted to familiarize myself with his work before reading them. I had no idea I would enjoy it this much. This is more than just poetry; it is a compelling philosophical text. I found it so touching, not only due to the subject matter, but mostly due to the fact that Rilke's writing is so tender and intrusive in the best way possible. I am genuinely frustrated writing this because there's a beauty to this I just cannot translate into words. I am sure that I will keep returning to these poems for many years to come.
judemoon's review against another edition
5.0
"toda sensación es dispersión"
leer a rilke ha sido como un abrazo de los que sanan
leer a rilke ha sido como un abrazo de los que sanan
bohdankinal's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Short but dense. Probably one of the more (if not most) challenging pieces of literature I’ve read in awhile. I didn’t understand a good deal of it, but the passages that I did were quite beautiful and passionate and melancholy. For some reason made me think of Wings of Desire, but don’t know if that was just because both are German works poetically depicting life/suffering in Romantic fashion or if there’s something deeper.
marcymurli's review against another edition
2.0
I find the story of how Rilke came to write these elegies far more captivating than the volume itself. Maybe I'm just not enamoured with modernist poetry of late. I can certainly appreciate the poetic qualities of this work, but I'm not particularly moved by it.