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Sonnets To Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke
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While I found some of these sonnets thought-provoking, they were mostly too obscure & difficult to understand for me. I appreciated the translator's notes and made extensive use of them but Rilke's philosophy about death was enigmatic. And the allusions to Orpheus and Eurydice were veiled to say the least!
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Reading Progress

January 3, 2016 – Shelved as: to-read
January 3, 2016 – Shelved
January 3, 2016 – Shelved as: german
January 3, 2016 – Shelved as: classics
January 3, 2016 – Shelved as: poetry
January 24, 2016 – Started Reading
January 25, 2016 –
page 23
14.37% "Both German and English are given :)"
January 26, 2016 –
page 37
23.13%
January 27, 2016 –
page 63
39.38%
January 29, 2016 –
page 99
61.88%
February 2, 2016 – Finished Reading

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