Poetry · 1923
Duino Elegies
Rainer Maria Rilke
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Poetry · 1923 · German · Modern
Duino Elegies
'Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the hierarchies of angels?'
ElegyLyricAngelsDeathBeautyPraise
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Rilke's angels are not comforters but thresholds of terror; the elegies teach praise as the hardest discipline available to grief.
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