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Comment 3 of 3, added on June 3rd, 2007 at 3:46 PM.
It's not free association (or at least not anymore than the other Dream
Songs are). It is very clearly about infidelities with a younger person (a
student, perhaps). Guilt tinged with images of excitement and eroticism.
Rilke was a jerk in that he was a manipulator, a womanizer, a terrible
excuse for a friend who abandoned supportive lovers for benefactors, and an
overall smarmy, phony guy who many literary giants of the time absolutely
could not stand. (Beautiful poetry, though). See Robert Freedman's
biography Life of A Poet.
Cswart
Comment 2 of 3, added on January 12th, 2007 at 3:19 PM.
I don't enjoy this poem but I will say that it has great meaning.
Lauren from Armenia
Comment 1 of 3, added on July 6th, 2005 at 11:50 PM.
Frankly, this poem has me scratching my head. It does lend itself to free
association...
Christine Strevinsky from United States
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It's not free association (or at least not anymore than the other Dream
Songs are). It is very clearly about infidelities with a younger person (a
student, perhaps). Guilt tinged with images of excitement and eroticism.
Rilke was a jerk in that he was a manipulator, a womanizer, a terrible
excuse for a friend who abandoned supportive lovers for benefactors, and an
overall smarmy, phony guy who many literary giants of the time absolutely
could not stand. (Beautiful poetry, though). See Robert Freedman's
biography Life of A Poet.
Cswart