One of them was inspired by a viewing of Picasso's painting of the acrobats, Les Saltimbanques [sal-teem-BAHNK]. In the first one, the author expresses a taxonomy of beings, contrasting such heroes as Samson and with such lovers as Gaspara Stampa, who died young. The final one contains a satiric portrait of the City of Pain, where man is ruled by distraction. The famous opening line of the poem was inspired by a walk on a cliff during a raging storm, and reads, "Who, if I cried, would hear me among the angelic orders?" For 10 points, identify this poem, owned by Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis Hohenlohe [HOE-un-loh
One of them was inspired by a viewing of Picasso's painting of the acrobats, Les Saltimbanques [sal-teem-BAHNK]. In the first one, the author expresses a taxonomy of beings, contrasting such heroes as Samson and with such lovers as Gaspara Stampa, who died young. The final one contains a satiric portrait of the City of Pain, where man is ruled by distraction. The famous opening line of the poem was inspired by a walk on a cliff during a raging storm, and reads, "Who, if I cried, would hear me among the angelic orders?" For 10 points, identify this poem, owned by Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis Hohenlohe [HOE-un-loh-uh], written by Rainer Maria Rilke [REEL-kuh].
One of them was inspired by a viewing of Picasso's painting of the acrobats, Les Saltimbanques [sal-teem-BAHNK].
The {Duino Elegies}