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Rainer Maria Rilke
Austro-German poet and writer Rainer Maria Rilke, 1902.
The Sonnets to Orpheus (Die Sonette an Orpheus), written by the Austro-German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, consists of 55 poems organized into two linked cycles.12
Completed in February 1922, this work is closely related in theme and mood to his Duino Elegies and explores the relationship between art, poetry, and the human experience.12