Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT SURVIVES, by RAINER MARIA RILKE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who says that all must vanish? Last Line: An angel wears it after you Subject(s): Mourning | ||||||||
Who says that all must vanish? Who knows, perhaps the flight of the bird you wound remains, and perhaps flowers survive caresses in us, in their ground. It isn't the gesture that lasts, but it dresses you again in gold armor -from breast to knees- and the battle was so pure an Angel wears it after you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART |
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