Ask Yourself In The Most Silent Hour Of Your Night: Must I Write?

Letters to a Young Poetis a collection of ten letters written by Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to Franz Xaver Kappus, a 19-year old officer cadet. Rilke, the son of an Austrian army officer, had studied at the academy’s lower school in the 1890s. Kappus corresponded with the popular poet and author from 1902 to 1908 seeking his advice as to the quality of his poetry, and in deciding between a literary career or a career as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Kappus compiled a...