Letter to a Young Poet- Lessons 1 and 2

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Across
  1. 1. does not mix with criticism
  2. 5. making careful judgments about the good and bad qualities of something
  3. 9. continues to exist; persist
  4. 11. full trust; belief in the trustworthiness of someone or something
  5. 13. capable of being precisely identified
  6. 15. according to Rilke, what poetry should not be about
  7. 16. "then come close to ___________"
  8. 17. what the young poet sends Rilke
  9. 18. what the young poet has asked for
  10. 20. "any attempt at criticism would be ______ to me"
Down
  1. 2. "see whether it has spread its _________ into the very depths of your heart"
  2. 3. "confess to yourself to yourself whether you would have to die if you were __________ to write"
  3. 4. author of the letter
  4. 6. the state of being alone
  5. 7. metaphor used to compare childhood and writing
  6. 8. easily done, superficial
  7. 9. "write about what your _________ life offers you"
  8. 10. where one should look for poems to form
  9. 12. relationships by nature, qualities, etc (family)
  10. 14. what poetry should be
  11. 19. unconcerned