Loro Piana Fall Winter 2024 Campaign
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Dienstag, 10. Januar 2012
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rilke who really is one of my favourite poets was actually so good at his art that he could make a verse out of any topic may it have been as quotidian or as banal as it could be (Ovid with his, well, boast of ‘whatever I wrote, it came out as verse’ comes to mind, right?)- and this using either a good rhyme or correct meter and an adequate rhythm and thereby elevating and sublimating it; but this at times had the effect that a few of his efforts seem inadvertently comical to me. And: of course I don’t have an example of this. Read him and find out for yourself! It’s quite pleasurable, too.
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Rilke's poetry is one of the finest you can find in German language. I'm especially fond of "Herbsttag" which is probably among my top ten of poems. There is also a very interesting book about his relationship with Lou Andreas-Salomé, read it some years ago, however, cannot remember its proper title at the moment.
Whenever I think of Rilke, I also remember my English/German teacher, who wrote a book about the poet. That teacher was what I would call a "harter Hund", very strict and authoritarian. He was also the only one who always wore a suit at school. Come to think of it, I learned a lot from him.
Duymovochka
That sounds like an interesting book!
I wish there would be more teachers like the one you describe.
Of note: http://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Genius-Renaissance-Scientific-Revolution/dp/0743285530/ref=cm_rdp_product
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