COMPOSED IN A BURST of inspiration near the end of the poet\'s life, Rilke\'s Sonnets to Orpheus represents the consummation of the writer\'s career, distilling the essence of his poetic wisdom in a gem-like sequence.
Rilke\'s late w. "Daniel Polikoff\'s English version of Rilke\'s last sonnet sequence, perhaps his greatest work, is wholly admirable.
This new translation--with the original German on facing pages--offers a clear window into the world of this endlessly scintillating cycle of poems.
COMPOSED IN A BURST of inspiration near the end of the poet\'s life, Rilke\'s Sonnets to Orpheus represents the consummation of the writer\'s career, distilling the essence of his poetic wisdom in a gem-like sequence