Archaic Torso of Apollo (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
- First Published: 1908
- Type of Work: Sonnet
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry, Sonnet
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Art or artists, Gods or goddesses, Sculpting or sculptors, Anatomy, Sculpture, Eye, Statues
The Poem
“Archaic Torso of Apollo” is a sonnet divided into four stanzas, the first two stanzas containing four lines each, the last two containing three each. In the original German, the first two stanzas follow an abba, cddc rhyme scheme, while the last two stanzas together follow an eef, gfg scheme. In the German version, each line averages ten syllables in length. As is characteristic of the work of Rainer Maria Rilke throughout the two volumes of New Poems, the title unambiguously states the poem’s subject matter, much as the title...
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