Identity
Identity, as conceived in this poem, is not something which is predetermined, fixed or objective. Each subject constructs his own identity and the identity of his fellow human beings in their interpersonal relationships.
Identity, as conceived in this poem, is not something which is predetermined, fixed or objective. Each subject constructs his own identity and the identity of his fellow human beings in their interpersonal relationships.
Stanza 1
When I decide I shall assemble you
Or, more precisely, when I decide which thoughts
Of mine about you fit most easily together,
Then I can learn what I have loved, what lets
Light through the mind. (...)
In the first stanza, the word “assemble” suggests that building up identity consists in putting pieces together to make a whole. These pieces are “thoughts” that a person has about somebody else, which have to be selected to construct this person´s identity.
