German poetry
Rilke's literary tradition
German poetry is verse written in the German language, spanning from medieval epics like the Nibelungenlied through Romantic lyric poets like Goethe and Rilke to contemporary work.
The tradition is known for philosophical depth, formal experimentation, and the musicality of compound words: She studied German poetry in graduate school.
- GoetheGerman poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
- blue flowerBlossom in cool tones
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- NatureThe untamed world
dark forest · lieder · folk song · Rilke · Modernism · Philosophy · Mythology · nightingale · Enlightenment · sonnet · wanderlust · ode · verse · melancholy · stanza · Realism · forest · rhyme
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