Rilke

[ ril-kuh ]

noun
  1. Rai·ner Ma·ri·a [rahy-nuhrmah-ree-ah], /ˈraɪ nər mɑˈri ɑ/, 1875–1926, Austrian poet, born in Prague.

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How to use Rilke in a sentence

  • Rodin has pronounced Rilke's essay the supreme interpretation of his work.

    Auguste Rodin | Rainer Maria Rilke
  • The realization of this truth expressed in the medium of poetry is the significance of Rilke's Book of Hours.

    Poems | Rainer Maria Rilke
  • In this phase of Rilke's development, the principle of renunciation constitutes a certain negative element in his philosophy.

    Poems | Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Rilke sees in Rodin the dominant personification in our age of the "power of servitude in all nature."

    Poems | Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Rodin became to Rilke the manifestation of the divine principle of the creative impulse in man.

    Poems | Rainer Maria Rilke

British Dictionary definitions for Rilke

Rilke

/ (ˈrɪlkə) /


noun
  1. Rainer Maria (ˈrainər maˈriːa). 1875–1926, Austro-German poet, born in Prague. Author of intense visionary lyrics, notably in the Duino Elegies (1922) and Sonnets to Orpheus (1923)

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