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ISLAND by RAINER MARIA RILKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL WASH AWAY THE MUD FLATS'
Last Line: OF THE PLANETS, SUNS, AND GALAXIES

Poem Sources:

THE UNKNOWN RILKE; EXPANDED EDITION. TRANSLATED BY FRANZ WRIGHT.
  RILKE, RAINER MARIA
  (1990)
 



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