New Poems (1907-1908) represented a departure for Rilke from the traditional German lyric poetry of which he was then considered a master. Apparent in the poems is the influence of Rodin--for whom Ril
The Duino Elegies are the culmination of the development of Rilke's poetry. A summary of his spiritual troubles, perhaps no volume of poems in a European language has made so dramatic and sustained an
The Sonnets may appear comparatively simple, even casual, at first reading, but they are crammed with matter and resonate far beyond the familiar legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. They have an astonishi
