Reviews
I bought this to keep in the church's small library and read with the congregation, and it feels like it calms my breathing.
Before reading this collection, I vaguely expected Rilke's poems to be filled with a romantic atmosphere, but they are equally rich in insights into life. It would be more accurate to say that each and every poem is infused with vitality. Perhaps one could call it a vitality that makes one want to linger indefinitely.
This is the first time I have read a complete collection of Rilke's poems. He is a poet so famous that, ironically, I had never properly read his work before. What first drew me to *Rilke's Later Poems* was the cover illustration. The moment I saw it, I could not look away. The painting is Claude Monet's *The Bridge at Bougival* (1869). Monet's painting, created a century before Rilke, feels perfectly suited to this collection, which centers on the themes of nature and enlightenment. Among
To me, the genre of "poetry"—where an author's thoughts are contained within short, compressed expressions—was always a difficult field. Of course, I used to memorize lyrical and beautiful poems and speak of life, existence, and love, but looking back at some point, I realized it was merely a superficial pretense to show off that I knew something. With that thought in mind, I gradually drifted away from poetry. However, the poetry I had kept at a distance for so long has quietly begun to return
Rilke's Later Poems Author: Rainer Maria Rilke Publisher: Munye Publishing | Published: April 20, 2015 Category: Poetry/Essay Book Introduction: Poems standing tall at the apex of the mountain range formed by Rilke's works... "O rose, oh pure contradiction, the joy of being no one's sleep, wrapped in so many eyelids." This is the poem inscribed on Rilke's tombstone. O rose, queen of flowers, / In ancient times you were a calyx with simple petals. But to us you are a lush flower with countless
Rainer Maria Rilke: Rilke's later poetry collection
In *Rilke’s Later Poems*, one can glimpse Rilke’s anguish and growth through *The New Poems*, which depicts ‘poems of objects’ that form an independent universe in themselves like sculptures; ‘poems after *The New Poems*,’ which serve as a prelude to *Duino Elegies* and reflect on the transience of humans and objects while questioning the meaning of existence; *Duino Elegies* and *Sonnets to Orpheus*, which stand tall as two peaks on the mountain range formed by Rilke’s works; and finally, ‘later poems,’ where one can encounter the bright and pure, pastoral, and idyllic realm he reached.
Korean title: 릴케 후기 시집
Korean author: 라이너 마리아 릴케
Korean publisher: 문예출판사
ISBN-13: 9788931009453
Reviews
I bought this to keep in the church's small library and read with the congregation, and it feels like it calms my breathing.
Before reading this collection, I vaguely expected Rilke's poems to be filled with a romantic atmosphere, but they are equally rich in insights into life. It would be more accurate to say that each and every poem is infused with vitality. Perhaps one could call it a vitality that makes one want to linger indefinitely.
This is the first time I have read a complete collection of Rilke's poems. He is a poet so famous that, ironically, I had never properly read his work before. What first drew me to *Rilke's Later Poems* was the cover illustration. The moment I saw it, I could not look away. The painting is Claude Monet's *The Bridge at Bougival* (1869). Monet's painting, created a century before Rilke, feels perfectly suited to this collection, which centers on the themes of nature and enlightenment. Among
To me, the genre of "poetry"—where an author's thoughts are contained within short, compressed expressions—was always a difficult field. Of course, I used to memorize lyrical and beautiful poems and speak of life, existence, and love, but looking back at some point, I realized it was merely a superficial pretense to show off that I knew something. With that thought in mind, I gradually drifted away from poetry. However, the poetry I had kept at a distance for so long has quietly begun to return
Rilke's Later Poems Author: Rainer Maria Rilke Publisher: Munye Publishing | Published: April 20, 2015 Category: Poetry/Essay Book Introduction: Poems standing tall at the apex of the mountain range formed by Rilke's works... "O rose, oh pure contradiction, the joy of being no one's sleep, wrapped in so many eyelids." This is the poem inscribed on Rilke's tombstone. O rose, queen of flowers, / In ancient times you were a calyx with simple petals. But to us you are a lush flower with countless
