Duino Elegies: by Rainer Maria Rilke

Duino Elegies:

Rainer Maria Rilke with David Young (Translator)

202 pages first pub 1923 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

We have a marvelous, almost legendary, image of the circumstances in which the composition of this great poem began. Rilke was staying at a castle (Duino) on the sea near Trieste. One morning he walked out on the battlements and climbed down to wh...

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Moods

reflective 81%
challenging 59%
emotional 50%
inspiring 36%
dark 27%
sad 22%
relaxing 13%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 37%
fast 12%

Average rating

4.27

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