"The Panther" is a poem by which of the following?

"The Panther" is a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke written between 1902 and 1903.

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.

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

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language.

His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of subjective experience and disbelief. His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry and several volumes of correspondence.