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He begins his poems with a negative tone But there is a positive affirmation of God’s creation Indirectly affirms the beauty of divine image As he laments, “Disguised since childhood” Though one bears the image of God One comes of age as masks. And wearing masks is a false creation As masks are man-made and not God-made. Wearing masks is a false creation, a false self That began “Since childhood” as they are Constructed for survival and success. Then at the end Rilke imagines a location Of storehouses where all these lives are laid away. But the remote location requires a journey It’s a journey of repentance But it is our own emptiness of” Suits of armor old carriages and clothes hanging limply on the wall All images of emptiness. For Rilke, God is most intimate, most personal He speaks to Him as if they stand side by side. Rilke once said Religion is the art of those who are not creative But he, himself, failed to represent God in his poetry So he tried to transform his art into his poetry. +++++++ *A myth developed about his death "Gathering roses from his garden,He pricked his hand on a thorn, both arms swollen and affected and he died. His Epitaph “Rose, oh pure contradiction,delight of being no one’s sleep under so many lids” +++++++ April 23, 2014 Form Free Verse Second Place Win Contest: Rilke's Book of Hours by Mystic Rose
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