In own his blindness the speaker refers to a luminous mist that surrounds me unvarying that breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless. What is the luminous mist and what does the speaker mean when he says it breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless

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Cyrus Ballard

8 June, 19:58

In own his blindness the speaker refers to a luminous mist that surrounds me unvarying that breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless. What is the luminous mist and what does the speaker mean when he says it breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless

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Felicity Pitts · Answer 1

The author in "On his blindness" refers to his blindness.

Explanation:

Jorge Luis Borges, the author of this poem, suffered from blindness and that is what he reflects in this poem.

What he means when he says "it breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless" is how he sees things because of blindness, as formless and colorless things.

This poem has a melancholic tone. The blindness that came to Borges in 1955 meant a great change for him, since he was a lover and fond of reading.