Girls, there are poets who learn from you to say, what you, in your aloneness, are; and they learn through you to live distantness, as the evenings through the great stars become accustomed to eternity.
Interpretation
This quote expresses how poets are inspired by the inner lives of women, finding depth and eternity in their solitude.
Rainer Maria Rilke suggests that poets derive profound insights and understanding from the experiences and inner worlds of women. The reference to 'aloneness' highlights the beauty found in solitude, while the comparison to evenings and stars illustrates how this distance can lead to a deeper connection to eternity and the vastness of existence.
In practice
In a discussion about the nature of inspiration, one might quote Rainer Maria Rilke to illustrate how artists draw from personal experiences.
Spring has again returned. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Earth is like a child that knows many poems._x000D_ _x000D_ Many, O so many. For the hardship_x000D_ _x000D_ of such long learning she receives the prize._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Strict was her teacher. _x000D_ _x000D_ The white in the old man's beard pleases us._x000D_ _x000D_ Now, what to call green, to call blue,_x000D_ _x000D_ we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!
Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.
a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
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