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Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

Form
Form Letters
Year
Year 1929
Originally in
Originally in German
Pages
Pages 50

An established poet answers a military cadet's request for criticism with ten letters telling him to stop seeking judges, go into himself, and treat solitude, love and difficulty as the real teachers.

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.
Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke

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