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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NARCISSUS, by RAINER MARIA RILKE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Encircled by her arms as by a shell Last Line: Surface, does it hope to renew a center | |||
Encircled by her arms as by a shell, she hears her being murmur, while forever he endures the outrage of his too pure image... Wistfully following their example, nature re-enters herself; contemplating its own sap, the flower becomes too soft, and the boulder hardens... It's the return of all desire that enters toward all life embracing itself from afar... Where does it fall? Under the dwindling surface, does it hope to renew a center? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUTUMN DAY by RAINER MARIA RILKE MAIDEN MELANCHOLY by RAINER MARIA RILKE THE LAST SUPPER by RAINER MARIA RILKE THE PANTHER by RAINER MARIA RILKE TWO POEMS TO HANS THOMA ON HIS SIXIETH BIRTHDAY: 1. MOONLIGHT NIGHT by RAINER MARIA RILKE TWO POEMS TO HANS THOMA ON HIS SIXIETH BIRTHDAY: 2. THE KNIGHT by RAINER MARIA RILKE BE NOT AFRAID, GOD by RAINER MARIA RILKE BLUE HYDRANGEAS by RAINER MARIA RILKE GLIMPSE OF A CHILDHOOD by RAINER MARIA RILKE GROWING BLIND by RAINER MARIA RILKE |
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