1. Who is the poet of the poem Brotherhood? Answer: Octavio Paz is the poet of the poem Brotherhood.
2. To whom has the poet dedicated this poem?
Answer: The poet dedicated this poem to Claudius Ptolemy, an astronomer and mathematician of 1st century.
3. What kind of poem is it?
Answer: It is philosophic as well as a symbolic poem.
4. When was this poem published and where?
Answer: This poem was published in 1987 in “Octavio Paz: Collected Poems”.
5. What is the real name of this poem?
Answer: The real name of this poem is Harmandad.
6. In which language was it actually written?
Answer: This poem was written in Mexican language.
7. Who translated this poem into English?
Answer: Elliot Weinberger translated this poem into English.
8. What does the word ‘night’ refer?
Answer: The word ‘night’ refers to the life after death. In another sense, it may mean the vast universe.
9. “I too am written”—Who is ‘I’ here?
Answer: Here ‘I’ refers to the poet Octavio Paz himself.
10.“Someone spells me out”—Who is ‘someone’? Whom does he spell out and when?
Answer: Here ‘someone’ refers to the reader of poet’s poetries.
The
reader spells out the poet when he
reads poet’s poetries.
11. What do the stars write?
Answer: The stars write the secret origin of the universe and man’s position in this universe.
12. What is poet’s reaction when he realizes that his life is very short?
Answer: When the poet realizes that his life is very short, he does not give up hope.
