what is the symbolism used in the second work?
The work is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Sonnets to Orpheus
The work is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. 
what are duino elegies? A collection of ten elegies written by the Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) where was the poet born? He was born René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke in Prague, capital of Bohemia what happened  to her in paris? Rilke left home and travelled to Paris to write a monograph on the sculptor Auguste Rodin. what are a few of his famous works? "Duino Elegies", "Sonnets to Orpheus", "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge",
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Sonnets to Orpheus [SEP] Symbolism and themes
The content of the sonnets is, as is typical of Rilke, highly metaphorical. The work is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The character of Orpheus (whom Rilke refers to as the "god with the lyre") appears several times in the cycle, as do other mythical characters such as Daphne. Sources for this are primarily Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and to a lesser extent Virgil's "Georgics". The principle of Ovidian transformations can also be found in and especially between the sonnets. During the first sonnet of Orphic singing, the speech of the forest and the animals is "transformed" into a girl in the second sonnet: "And almost a girl it was who emerged / from this joyful unity of song and lyre..." During the second sonnet, the focus shifts from the girl to the world: "She slept the world..." The cycle also contains biblical allusions, including a reference to Esau.