Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUTUMN, by RAINER MARIA RILKE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The leaves are falling, falling as though strewed Last Line: In his great hands, tender ineffably. | ||||||||
The leaves are falling, falling as though strewed from heaven's gardens that are withering; negation gestured in their downward flight. The heavy earth falls also, through the night, alone of all the stars, toward solitude. Thus we are falling: This hands falls. And see: how the same frailty is betrayed by all. Yet there is One who holds all things that fall in His great hands, tender ineffably. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MAIDEN MELANCHOLY by RAINER MARIA RILKE THE LAST SUPPER 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 PEOPLE AT NIGHT by RAINER MARIA RILKE |
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