Greek Love-Talk
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
What I have already learned as a lover,
I see you, beloved, learning angrily;
then for you it distantly departed,
now your destiny stands in all the stars.
Over your breasts we will together contend:
since as glowingly shining they've ripened,
so also your hands desire to touch them
and their own pleasure superintend.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAX XXXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 320 |
Words | 56 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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