assertion

In the poem, The Bookstall by Linda Pastan is a poem about bibliography. The author shares a message how books can be an open passage to a new world. A quote from the poem to prove this is “ these inked paths opening into the future, page after page, every book its own receding horizon.” The quote describes how when opening a book it can be full of different horizons and worlds with different paths full of them. Someone might claim the poem is only about real life instead of lives from a book, and they might get that idea from this quote “ For life is continuous long as they wait.” This quote might make the reader believe that Linda Pastan is talking about life lessons or how life’s paths are different for everyone.