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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... |
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