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The Panther (poem)

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Language
  
Publication date
  
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Originally published
  
1907


Original title
  
Der Panther

Form
  
Narrative

Media type
  
Paperback

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Translator
  
Stanley AppelbaumC. F. MacIntyreJ. B. LeishmanWalter ArndtRobert BlyJessie Lamont

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The Panther (subtitled: In Jardin des Plantes, Paris) is a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke written on 6 November 1902. It describes a captured panther behind bars, as it was exhibited in the Ménagerie of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. It is one of Rilke's most famous poems and has been translated into English many times, including by many distinguished translators of Rilke, like Stephen Mitchell, C. F. MacIntyre, J. B. Leishman and Walter Arndt,Jessie Lamont and poets like Robert Bly.

Contents

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Content

The poem consists of three stanzas (strophes), each containing four verses with alternating feminine and masculine cadence:

References

The Panther (poem) Wikipedia