Motif
beloved encoded in nature imagery
beloved_encoded_in_nature_imagery
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Beloved Imagery and Poetry. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jámí INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION / THE BABY DARLING; lines 788-861 confidence: high
In 'The Moon and Roses,' a solitary lover pours out invocations involving sun, moon, hyacinth-hidden roses, cypress, and weed; a puzzled hearer asks why he speaks of moon and roses instead of his mistress.
The lover's natural and celestial images are explained as figurative references to the lady's self, hair, cheek, stature, and the lover's position.
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