Mary Shelley was born in 1797 in the United Kingdom. Similar to Rilke, Mary Shelley also …show more content…
Rilke creates the image of a ship associated with happiness or perhaps the lack of happiness stating, “I tremble sometimes for your happiness, that ventures abroad so many ships.” Water and wind (nature) dictates the movement of ships. One’s “happiness” seems to be linked to the movement of a ship that “ventures abroad”, suggesting a relationship between nature and fate. Nature dictates whether one leads a content and happy life, or the opposite. Rilke establishes the idea that nature is powerful in order to portray the idea that one’s future is directly linked to