Poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Poems, credited to Rainer Maria Rilke, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. (Translated by Jessie Lemont.) Read in English by Eva Davis A concise collection of poems translated from the great German poet Rilke into formal English verse. Although the translation may be freer than some modern texts, this selection, which spans early and later writings and includes a preface refreshingly focused on the poet's artistic development, provides a nice entrée into Rilke's world. (Summary by Eva Davis)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Poems
• Author credits: Rainer Maria Rilke
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 1:21:56

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• English
• poems
• Rilke
• metaphysical

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 32:41
2. 01 - First Poems — 1:36
3. 02 - The Book of Pictures I — 9:04
4. 03 - The Book of Pictures II — 9:43
5. 04 - The Book of Pictures III — 10:37
6. 05 - New Poems — 7:45
7. 06 - The Book of a Monk's Life — 4:08
8. 07 - The Book of Pilgrimage — 3:43
9. 08 - The Book of Poverty and Death — 2:39

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