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Rilke

Rilke

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A German poet born in Austria known for poems with vivid images and deep thought
  • proper noun
: Rainer Maria Rilke
  • The German poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote several influential works in the early 20th century.
  • Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Rilke's sonnet
  • poet Rilke

But Rilke is still just Rilke still moves me profoundly even in translation.

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Examples

  • The poet Rainer Maria Rilke has this beautiful line in one of his poems where he says, wherever I am folded, there I am a lie.

  • Didn't you say that Rilke was your favorite author?

    To Rome with Love (2012)

  • There was a poet named Rilke.

    London Boulevard (2010)

  • It's like my favorite poet, Rilke, says, 'We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go. '

    Jojo Rabbit (2019)

  • I quoted Rilke to the air: "The earth is like a child that knows poems."

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The German poet Rainer Maria Rilke said that we should love the questions.

    Academic text (2001)

  • So often, the poetry of Rumi, Dickinson, and Rilke points us in the direction of immediate knowing.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Jane also has a framed poster of Rainer Maria Rilke's sonnet to Orpheus on the wall.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi, Emily Dickinson, and Rainer Maria Rilke speaks directly to the inmost self.

    Academic text (2000)

  • In her literature class, she praised the vivid imagery of Rilke, especially in his poem 'The Panther.'

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Etymology

Rilke is a German family name best known from the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. His fame means that Rilke often stands for a poet who writes deep, image-rich, and spiritual poems, so when you see Rilke it usually refers to that poet and his work.