Nightfall
Nightfall - meaning Summary
Dusk Dissolves Certainties
The poem observes dusk as a slow, physical transformation that dissolves day’s outlines and certainties. Paz focuses on sensory shifts—the light loosening in gardens, bird-heavy branches bowing, gleaming moments on fences—so that groves become quiet fountains and edges blur. Small events (a bird falling, grass darkening) mark a larger change: the familiar world loses immediate credibility as night takes hold, replacing clarity with a hushed, ambiguous presence.
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