Duino Elegies

E154334

cycle of poems poetry collection

Duino Elegies is a cycle of ten profound and visionary poems by Rainer Maria Rilke that meditate on existence, mortality, and the role of angels and humans.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Duino Elegies canonical	3
Eighth Duino Elegy	1
Fifth Duino Elegy	1
First Duino Elegy	1
Fourth Duino Elegy	1
Ninth Duino Elegy	1
Second Duino Elegy	1
Seventh Duino Elegy	1
Sixth Duino Elegy	1
Tenth Duino Elegy	1
Third Duino Elegy	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cycle of poems ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ
author	Rainer Maria Rilke ⓘ
completedAlongside	Sonnets to Orpheus ⓘ
completedIn	Switzerland ⓘ
completionYear	1922 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis ⓘ
firstBookEditionYear	1923 ⓘ
firstPoemWrittenAt	Duino Castle ⓘ
firstPoemWrittenIn	1912 ⓘ
firstPoemWrittenNear	Trieste, Italy ⓘ surface form: Trieste
form	free verse ⓘ
genre	lyric poetry ⓘ modernist poetry ⓘ
hasCriticalReputation	central work in Rilke's oeuvre ⓘ masterpiece of 20th-century poetry ⓘ
hasPart	Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eighth Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fifth Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourth Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ninth Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seventh Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sixth Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tenth Duino Elegy Duino Elegies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Third Duino Elegy
influenced	20th-century poetry ⓘ existentialist literature ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
literaryMovement	German modernism ⓘ expressionism ⓘ
mainTheme	alienation ⓘ angels ⓘ death ⓘ existence ⓘ human condition ⓘ love ⓘ mortality ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ suffering ⓘ transcendence ⓘ
notableCharacterType	angel ⓘ human lover ⓘ
notableQuote	Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen? ⓘ
numberOfPoems	10 ⓘ
periodOfComposition	1912–1922 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstBookEdition	Insel Verlag ⓘ
settingType	metaphysical ⓘ
structure	ten numbered elegies ⓘ