Sonnets To Orpheus And Duino Elegies - Rainer Maria Rilke

The Cycle Of 55 Sonnets That Comprise Rainer Maria Rilkersquo;s Sonnets To Orpheusrdquo; Were Written In A Period Of Three Weeks During 1922, A Time Which The Poet Himself Described As A Savage Creative Storm. Inspired By The Death Of His Daughterrsquo;s Friend, Wera Knoop, Rilke Commenced To The Production Of Sonnets To Orpheusrdquo;, A Work Filled With Mythological And Biblical Allusions. During The Same Burst Of Creative Energy He Set To Working On The Completion Of The Duino Elegiesrdquo;, A Work Begun Some Ten Years Earlier But Set Aside Due To Rilkersquo;s Own Emotional Distress Over The Tragic Events Of World War I And His Conscription Into The Austro-hungarian Army.