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Analysis of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on July 4, 2025

Rainer Maria Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus (Die Sonnette an Orpheus) comprises 55 sonnets in two series. The first series (Erster Teil) contains 26 poems; the second (Zweiter Teil), 29. Poet and translator Willis Barnstone provides a breezy but comprehensive 97-page… Read More ›

Analysis of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Leda

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on June 21, 2025

Leda And when the god possessed the swan, from need, and found it beautiful, that terrified him. Wholly shocked, he disappeared inside it, but his trickery drove him toward his deed before he could explore what that life must have… Read More ›