![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rilke was one of the most significant poets in the German language his work often focuses on an individual’s yearning for communion with one’s innermost self, written at a time when mankind was plagued with nihilistic and chaotic interpretations of the world. He decided to contact an alumnus of the academy, the Austrian poet, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926). At the turn of the last century, a 19-year-old student at the Military Academy of Vienna, named Franz Kappus, wanted career advice on his impending secondment to the armed forces, as well as a literary critique on a handful of poems he had recently composed. ![]()
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