A Draft of Shadows (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Octavio Paz
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Language or languages, Self-discovery, Religion, Life, philosophy of, Consciousness, Light, Shades or shadows
The Poem
Octavio Paz’s A Draft of Shadows is a long poem in free verse. It contains more than three hundred lines and is divided into nineteen stanzas. The title immediately calls attention to an important motif in the poem: the movement or breath of hidden or elusive meaning. A Draft of Shadows is written in the first person; the narrator takes the reader on a personal and intimate journey, a journey or quest whose goal is as much to determine the nature of poetry as it is to discover the meaning of life.
Immediately, the poem concerns itself with...
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