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Rilke's Letter To Kappus

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In the last letter, Rilke tells Kappus how to be firm with what he is grasping onto and to always trust art. Rilke uses the words “trustingly and patiently” and “unique, unrepeatable being” to emphasize that in order to be a exclusive individual one must wait and trust that something will happen. This furthers that art takes time and effort to produce in order for it to truly be the only one of its kind. There has to the spark between it and the creator who is pouring his heart into what s/he is creating. Rilke says the words “great natural Things” and “all we need” as metaphors to show that nature is still very important when it comes to writing and art. Kappus needed guidance when it came to criticism and what was appropriate when it
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