A Walk: Blog #2 Quarter 3

A Walk: Blog #2 Quarter 3

4. A Walk
~Rainer Maria Rilke, Bohemia/Austria
My eyes already touch the sunny hill.
going far ahead of the road I have begun.
So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp;;
it has inner light, even from a distance-­
and charges us, even if we do not reach it,
into something else, which, hardly sensing it,
we already are;; a gesture waves us on
answering our own wave...
but what we feel is the wind in our faces.


This poem uses a lot of imagery, and it uses nature to describe its meaning. I think this poem is trying to describe life as we age/grow physically and mentally. We start out uncertain of the road ahead, and we are confused on where we are headed. In life we are motivated to do something, and well all have some type of motivation to become the person we want to be. This is referring to the "inner light" mentioned in the poem.  Even if we do not reach this inner light or main goal, we are still living for am important purpose. We may not notice this purpose, but eventually in life we will see our calling and notice our true purpose in life. This is my interpretation of "A Walk". I think the poet did a great job in trying to give the reader a message from his poem. This really speak to me, and it is a powerful poem.