Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties, Translations and Considerations of Rainer Maria Rilke Who is Male Lover from Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties, Translations and Considerations of Rainer Maria Rilke and what is their importance? Asked by bookragstutor on 25 Oct 12:32 Last updated by Cat on 05 Apr 03:19
The lover in the phallic poems is a nurturing and adoring lover, enjoying the woman and her body the way one enters a temple or a beautiful place in nature. He speaks symbolically of their lovemaking, as if he were leaving her offerings.