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The Duino Elegies
- Form
- Form Poetry Collection
- Year
- Year 1923
- Originally in
- Originally in German
- Pages
- Pages 100
A poet asks whether any angel could hear him crying out, and across ten elegies wrestles with love, loss and the terror of a beauty too vast for anyone still alive to hold.
Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies?
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