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Bonnefoy's poetry is rooted in the Symbolist tradition since Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Valéry, but also incorporates the innovative vitality of modernist art, representing the mainstream of French poetry since the 1950s. His poems are beautiful and complex, often revealing mysteries. Through the creation of language, he rises from daily experience to an ethereal and supreme realm. His poetry creation style is unique in the French poetry world throughout the 20th century. "Movement and Stillness of Dufault" is included in Bonnefoy's four early poetry collections, including "Movement and Stillness of Dufault", "Yesterday, a Desert", "Inscribed Stone" and "In the Trap of the Threshold", all of which are representative works of the poet.

This collection of poems embodies the essence of Bonnefoy's works and is also the last collection of poems he wrote during his lifetime. It is a confession written by him to his relatives, friends and readers. It uses deep dreams and speculative dialogues to show the sweetness and maturity he experienced in his "night wandering" at the end of his life. This book, together with "The Movement and Stillness of Dufau", represents Bonnefoy's writing achievements. As a translator and art historian, Bonnefoy explores the nature of art such as "translation", "music" and "photography" in a poetic way in this collection of poems. There are also poems that recall memories of his early life and are full of nostalgia. The collection of poems embodies Bonnefoy's intellectual writing characteristics, but the way he develops his speculations is not abstract, but with the help of a large number of perceptual images and dramatic situations.