The motion of the bars has made his gaze so tired that it can hold no more. For him there are a thousand bars and behind those bars no world. In soft and silken steps he paces, softly in an ever smaller round, like a dance of … See more

Rilke extensively engaged with metaphors, metonymy and contradictions in his poetry and prose to convey disbelief and a crisis of faith. Figures from Greek mythology, such as Apollo, Hermes and Orpheus, recur as motifs in hi… See more

• Rainer Maria Rilke, Sämtliche Werke in 12 Bänden (Complete Works in 12 Volumes), published by Rilke Archive in association with Ruth Sieber-Rilke, edited by Ernst Zinn. Frankfurt am Main (1976)
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