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In the first poem, "The Poet Speaks of Praising," Rilke contrasts questions of angst with fearful days, gray monotony, disingenuous people and the need to maintain a point of reference in the turbulence of life with the attestation that the way to endure it all is to praise. In "The Poet Praises," Rilke speaks to young girls and admonishes them to dance the taste of the orange, its warm landscape, the glow of home, and further draws the metaphor to symbolize their waiting wombs.

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Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties, Translations and Considerations of Rainer Maria Rilke