Letters to a Young Poet

Late in his animation, the Czech great poet Rainer Maria Rilke maintained a correspondence with a young poet, Franz Xaver Krappus through his well-k flatn ten letters. While in military academy, Young Franz full of passion and deep-seated appreciation for nifty poetry, on reading a collection of Rilkes poetry, decided to send Rilke some of his poetry for Rilke to read and offer some advice in form of commendations and criticisms. The correspondence was profound and filled within insight in various liveness written reports, with profound messages for every one. It began in lasted from 1902 to 1908 and in June, 1929 three years after Rilkes death, Franz gathitherd and published the letters in Berlin.Frank introduction of the letters detailed his encounter with the writings of Rilke while he was in the Military Academy, Vienna. He interacted with professor Horacek who talked to him about the life of Rilke as a gifted serious gentle calm and introverted fellow while in the same aca demy who was dedicated to his training Rilke continued his education at home in Prague when he could not cope in his new school away from the military academy. by means of this correspondence, one understands the life of Rilke within the sentences he sent to this young poet. There is a hint to the transformation that he undergoes the principles that guide his life and how these changes influence his writing.The forward motion in the life of Rilke is visible in the letters sent to this 19-year old poet his life is based on the finding of the trouble of the inner pursuit answer the basic question of life and then wait until the inner voice speaks with a bold answer. This is his opinion of the foundation of a viable career. He conceives in the power of reading to build a strong writing career good writers read and good readers write. To approach productive reading, it is important to recognise with an exposed mind and be ready to experience the work. This is how best to underst and writings and be in the best position to criticize them if need be.The central theme is discern. He understands the difficulty associated with loving. He tells the young poet about the travail of nurture how to love. He leaves him with the advice keep learning. Sadness, aloneness also show in his write-up. This conflict with love may reflect the hitches he experiences in his family life, and why he seldom mentions his family. As an introvert, this is allowed. Rilkes search for solitude is important in discovering the pace and direction of the inner man this is a major theme of his life. This also keeps him away from the pressures of the outside world and its attendant conflicts. Lets take a go out at the lettersLetter One There is only one way Go within. Search for the cause, find the impetus that bids you write. He writes this to advice Franz about life career starting with an introspective search for discovery of the true reason for essence in life. This letter shows the ba sis for his life pursuit and advice for the young poet on career choice.Letter Two Live awhile within these books. Learn of them, whatever seems worth the learning, but above all,love them. To live within the books is to be able learn, and to love them is the way to be open to its lessons and make appropriate life changes as required.Letter Three Let me ask you right here to read as little as possible of aesthetic critiques. It shows his distaste for criticisms that are not appreciative of the exclusive work of arts. Love is a essential for true criticism.Letter Four Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. The questions that arise in life do not come with answers by merely postulation but until the questions are incorporated into daily living thats where they get answered.Letter Five There is ofttimes beauty here because there is oftentimes beauty everywhere. Life is beauty, it al depends on what you see not where you are.Letter Six Why dont you think of him as the coming one, who has been at hand since eternity, the succeeding(a) one, the final fruit of a tree, with us as its leaves? Live your life knowing there would be pain, but you calm joy.Letter Seven To love is also good, for love is difficult. For one human being to love another is perhaps the must difficult task of all, the epitome, the ultimate test. This letter was explicit on love, and detailed the enigmatic way he sees and experienced love.Letter Eight And this is the reason the sadness passes the some occasion new within us, the thing that has joined us, has entered our heart, has gone into its inward chamber and is no longer there either it is already in the blood.Letter Nine Your doubt can become a good judge if you discipline it. It must become a knowing it must become the critic. This gives advice on how to turn doubt to a use ful tool in life and career.Letter Ten Art also is only a way of life, and we can, no matter how we live, and without knowing it, prepare ourselves for it. He admonishes the Young Franz about the worldly concern of art he asserts that that art is part of us and our lives whether we accept the fact or not.REFERENCERainer Maria Rilke. garner to a young poetLetters to a young poet. Accessed from www.sfgoth.com/immanis/rilke/letter1.htmlLetters to a young poet. Accessed from www.carrothers.com/rilke_main.htmRilkes writing. www.floozy.com/allison/rilke/r.index.htmlLetters to a Young PoetBrenda Benson Letters to a Young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Letters 1-5 Letters to a Young Poet, letter 1 No one can advise or help you- no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. I believe this advice goes for anyone, but I can identify with this. The reason is that you really cant depend on anyone, because the other psyche will not care for the placement or whatever the way yo u do. Many of times, where I thought I could seek for other for help, they hadnt come through for me.Even though, it is something disappointing, but it is life, we must deal with disappointment constantly. In the end, what doesnt kill will only make you stronger, how true those words are. For when you are at your lowest point, that is when your strength shines through. Letter to a Young Poet, Letter 2 Learn from what you relish is worth learning Learning is not just learning from a book, it can also be about life, the experiences that a person has gone through.People have often advised me what I should do with my life and how I should live about it. Its always difficult because we all are manipulated by society, and the slightest difference in personality makes for the biggest commotion. Well anyways, you can be told so many things, what is right and what is wrong. Sure, you listen to them, some of the advice youll take in and others just let it drift away. All in all, it doesnt ma tter what people may say, its what you feel what is right.Letter to a Young Poet, Letter 3 Always trust yourself and your own feeling, as opposed to argumentations, discussions, or introductions of that sort This I believe is the hardest situation, which is being able to trust yourself. We always have doubts if were ever good enough, and always making things into a competition. Where we should make things into a learning experience, and appraise others wisdom. When I began this school I would say that I was intimidated by the students the class, they were so talented.I doubted if I could really accomplish my goals that I had here in impertinent York and in Parsons. Later that day, I spoke to special people they lend me their ear and some advice. All I needed to do, all I still need to do is believe in myself, trust myself, know that my abilities are exceptional, and keep moving forward. Letters to a Young Poet, Letter 4 take int hate anything Hating is a very strong emotion, hatin g consumes the heart and you dont feel lots. Your mind when preoccupied by hate has nothing much to offer. Its an emotion that tiring, and hard to let go.When you learn you stop hating, your feel so relieved, and is at peace with the world. As a young girl, I scorned many things, and I had let it consumed my heart. When you hate you feel very alone, and you feel that no one is there for you, nor do you believe they will understand you. When I grew older I realize how much energy it took, how much it keeps you in the past. To move forward you must forgive, and relinquish your hatred towards things. If I hadnt my situation would be a lot different where life would probably be miserably for me.Letters to a Young Poet, Letter 5 But there is much beauty here, because everywhere there is much beauty In all the chaos of the world, in all the imperfections in the world, there is still beauty. I feel that people have to go through some tragic situation for once they encounter something diffe rent, they can find and appreciate the beauty that is presented to them. At least(prenominal) thats how I look at it, life is full of different shapes and colors, its very much easy to miss, but when I slow tear down time, Im able to see things that I couldnt see before.