Sonnets to Orpheus
Breathing, you invisible poem!
World-space in pure continuous interchange
with my own being. Equipose
in which I rhythmically transpire.
Written only four years before Rilke''s death, this sequence of sonnets, varied in form yet consistently structured, stands as the poet''s final masterwork. In these meditations on the constant flux of our world and the ephemerality of experience, Rilke envisions dea...
Breathing, you invisible poem!
World-space in pure continuous interchange
with my own being. Equipose
in which I rhythmically transpire.
Written only four years before Rilke''s death, this sequence of sonnets, varied in form yet consistently structured, stands as the poet''s final masterwork. In these meditations on the constant flux of our world and the ephemerality of experience, Rilke envisions dea...
