![]() ![]() Despite the fact that Angels possess a sense of grandeur and beauty humans can never aspire to, man does possess something Angels do not: transience. Rilke continues to probe the mysteries of Angels in the second elegy. In the end, the only thing capable of consoling him is perhaps music, but only if the songs are born out of grief. The poet seeks consolation in more earthly things, such as his fellow man, animals, and lovers, but finds that none of these consoles him. In this way, Angels are actually terrible, their beauty beyond our grasp. ![]() Reconsidering this appeal, he concludes that the power and beauty of Angels are so beyond human comprehension that encountering one would result in his annihilation. In the first elegy, the poet, amid great suffering, calls out to the Angels for help. Many critics consider Duino Elegies to be Rilke's most important work. Though the poems are described as elegies and, indeed, contain quite a bit of torment and melancholy, the works cover a wide range of human emotions, including love and elation. Duino Elegies is a collection of ten poems published in German in 1923 by the Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. ![]()
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