The Panther (poem)

The Panther 
In Jardin des Plantes, Paris
by Rainer Maria Rilke

Artists at the Jardin des Plantes.
Original title Der Panther
Translator Stanley Appelbaum
C. F. MacIntyre
J. B. Leishman
Walter Arndt
Robert Bly
Jessie Lamont
Language German
Form Narrative
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The Panther (subtitled: In Jardin des Plantes, Paris) is a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke written on 6 November 1902.[1] 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.

Content

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

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