The opening, set exactly as it reads in the app.
Rilke is the great poet of inwardness, of the thing seen so fiercely that it begins to look back at you. In the Dinggedichte (the panther at its bars, the archaic torso of Apollo) perception becomes a discipline close to prayer, and the famous verdict, ‘You must change your life,’ arrives not as a slogan but as the whole weight of the art. No modern poet has gazed harder, or asked more of the reader’s soul.
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The particulars.
- The text
- Ausgewählte Gedichte, Rainer Maria Rilke
- Translation
- Public-domain German (Rilke, d. 1926). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
- Pricing
- The first chapter is free: the complete app, every feature. One unlock covers the rest, yours forever, $19.99. No subscription, no ads.
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- Speech analysis runs on device. Your reading and your voice never leave your phone.
- Universal
- iPhone & iPad. Side-by-side columns on the larger screen.