Duration What metaphors are used in Duration by Octavio Paz? Asked by bookragstutor 12 years ago 8/20/2012 4:17 AM Last updated by Jill W 6 years ago 7/7/2019 2:23 PM
In the third stanza, the odor and the stem described in the first and third lines could apply to either humanity or nature, while the "hands" of the second line could be human hands or a metaphor for something else.