Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke

Duino Elegies

Rainer Maria Rilke

80 pages first pub 1923 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Poetry. Translated from the German by Gary Miranda. Begun in 1912, interrupted by the Great War, and completed early in 1922, the ten meditations on love and death in Rilke's DUINO ELEGIES are perhaps the twentieth century's most sustained outpour...

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Moods

reflective 80%
challenging 57%
emotional 47%
inspiring 33%
dark 28%
sad 19%
relaxing 14%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 37%
fast 12%

Average rating

4.28

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