An Unknown Shore: Variations on a Fragment by Oppen

Cortez arrives. he is absolutely lost at an unknown shore. an he is enraptured (this is the nature of poetry The poem: Cortez arrives at an unknown shore he is absolutely lost and he is enraptured Cortez arrives at an unknown shore he is utterly lost but he is enraptured Cortez arrives too late. the shore is absolutely barren, the men lost to starvation and rapture Cortez utters: “lost.” (this is the nature of description Cortez walks upon the beach. the ocean is as still as a map spread out on a table. (he takes a nap. All the Cortezs arrive. all the waves arrive (this is the nature of disaster