When this poet was a young child, his mother called him Sophia and dressed him up in girl's clothes to compensate for the loss of a daughter a few years before.
When this poet was a young child, his mother called him Sophia and dressed him up in girl's clothes to compensate for the loss of a daughter a few years before. His first compilation of poems, Life and Songs was published when he was 19, and his visits to Russia inspired his three-volume cycle The Book of Hours. For 10 points, name this German-language poet of The Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus.
When this poet was a young child, his mother called him Sophia and dressed him up in girl's clothes to compensate for the loss of a daughter a few years before.
Rainer Maria {Rilke}