The Cuban Doctor by Wallace Stevens isn't a long poem, personally i like it when poems don't drag on. But in some cases, i do wish that more could be added to this poem. I kinda gets this poem, but then the other half is confused. Again the image that goes with the poem is there to help. This is another thing that I have mention in (I think) my journal last week, that if some kind of image was not there, then the poem might not have work (for those that are visual learners anyway).
From looking at the illustration and reading the poems along with it. My guess is that the indian is (as they have mentioned) a Phantom that is haunting this man. I knew that this Indian had to be some kind of spirit. One because they believe in spirits and two for the fact that he is flying like Peter Pan over the ship.
And like what phantoms are known for, their presence still follows the person they are seeking. As a haunting reminder of some horrible thing that this man must have done.
But then I get really confused at the last panel where the sleeping man from the middle panel. That was resting on a sofa, has been turned into a giant sand version of himself.
So over all I do like the concept of a phantom and his observing of this happy and care free man on his sofa. but I just don't understand that last panel and the ending part of this poem. I would have like this poem to continue with the indian haunting this man in his phantom ways. That would be an interesting poem.
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