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A poem in this collection states that “our own heart exceeds us” and asks “think of the hands / how they rest without weight.” In A. S. Kline’s translation, this collection ends by describing “the emotion / that (20[1])almost dismays us, / when (0[1])a joyful (20[1]0[1])thing falls.” (20[2])In this collection, the narrator imagines “the grieving for Linos (“LIE-noss”)” and states that (20[1])“if one were to suddenly (20[1])/ take me to its heart, I would vanish (20[1])into its / stronger existence” in a poem that claims that (*) “beauty is nothing (10[1])but the beginning of terror.” (10[5]0[1])This ten-poem collection includes (10[2])the line (0[1])“every angel is terrifying.” (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])the line “who, if I (10[1])cried (10[1])out, would hear (0[1])me (10[1])among the Angelic orders?” opens what collection by Rainer Maria Rilke (10[1]0[3])■END■ (10[5]0[7])

ANSWER: Duino Elegies [or Duineser Elegien]
<Michael Borecki, Literature - European - Poetry&gt; ~14351~ &lt;Editor: Joseph Krol>
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Cindy GaoBelmontSt. Mark's3720
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestMira Loma420
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DWinnebago440
Kevin YangStevenson AHinsdale Central4420
Nathan WuPlymouthDetroit Catholic Central A4620
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdDunbar4620
Ali HamzehKinkaidSolon5920
Grace LiuThomas Jefferson BWoodland6420
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson ARockford Auburn A7320
Aeres ZhouDetroit Country DayBarrington A8710
Rachel EzrielevRichard MontgomeryDallas County9210
Eleanor HeydtMidtownBarrington B9210
Joy AnChoate Rosemary HallThomas Jefferson C9210
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee ANorthmont A920
Sam AsplundWinnebagoThomas Jefferson D9210
Arjun KalaUniversity LabTroy9210
Alvin GuoWinston Churchill AHunter A9610
Owen ArnesonParkway WestIrvington A9610
Hayden LeyWashingtonLake Highland980
Puna EkkaNew BrightonWinston Churchill B10210
Bryce CruiseHeightsMexico10210
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy ACarbondale10510
Jeffrey XuJohns Creek AMaggie Walker A11010
Dominic ApapDetroit Catholic Central BMercer County11110
Keefer LinChattahoochee BCarl Sandburg1140
Brodie HenryWest PointMaggie Walker B11510
Addison BakerWalter PaytonJohns Creek B1260
Nathan HaleyNorthmont BRockford Auburn B12610
Ayan KohliHunter BSaint Joseph1260
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BWalter Payton1260
Adam WilliamsNorthmont AChattahoochee A12710
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianBelvidere1270
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaCanyon Crest12710
Bol AgwickJohn Adams BJohn Adams A1270
Anna RosatoJohn Adams AJohn Adams B1270
Chris GoolsbyDetroit Catholic Central CHoover B12710
Johnathon Franke GordonStevenson BElkhorn North1270
Nate StewartMaggie Walker CLincoln-Way East1270
Caleb LeeLincoln-Way EastMaggie Walker C1270
Kyan van BeekLake HighlandWashington12710
David BertolasiBelvidereCincinnati Hills Christian12710
Isaac McCollumHoover BDetroit Catholic Central C1270