Archaic Torso of Apollo- Rainer Maria Rilke

 This poem provides a wonderful description of a statue; however, it does not provide much else. There are many adjectives used, but I didn't feel particularly connected with the piece.
 It's interesting to note that it's written in a way that makes you feel like you are checking out the subject. Its lines flow from the top to bottom and then back up again, but then it left my with an ambiguous challenge at the end of the poem.
Honestly, this poem kind of lacked both insight and imagination. It didn't seem much deeper than the stone it was written about, and the author did not add much that the viewer of the image couldn't pick up themselves. Basically, this was not much of what I would call a poem. It was more of a colorful description of a carved rock that was missing a bunch of pieces.