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... Dusting Off Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet - Harvard University Press Blog.

The famous letters were written throughout a particularly tempestuous period of Rilke’s life. He was torn between three different women, often on the move, and battling the failing health that would eventually shorten his life. Through that, though, he managed to write incredibly thoughtful advice to the young Franz Kappus, who was eager to find his voice as a poet. Rilke counseled Kappus to be patient with his development, but urgent in his pursuit.