Primal Visions response

The word fragment is used five times in the essay. What is a fragment and what do you think it has to do w/ Hoffmann's writing?

In the essay, it refers to Hoffmann as more a poet than an author, a lot of time poems are in more fragments than regular novels or books. a fragment is a small part broken off from something, the author of the essay directly relates Hoffmann's writing fragments to poems, stating "Formally, his books resemble collections of prose poems, usually half a page or a page long and presented in numbered sequence. Like poems, these fragments deal in surprising associations and moments of sudden insight; they often take the form of philosophical musings or unanswerable riddles." Things like riddles and half page poems are often just fragments of thoughts or opinions, rather than the whole story, i think that is why fragments will relate to Hoffmanns writing