Motif
beloved's hair as entangling snare
beloved_s_hair_as_entangling_snare
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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sufi
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XVIII / XXIII / XXVIII / XXXIII; lines 3766-3778 confidence: high
A Persian image describes the beloved's hair as entangling and entrapping the unfortunate lover; long locks are compared to deadly snakes and curls to hooks that catch and tear the lover's heart.
The passage explicitly identifies a Persian image in which the beloved's hair entangles and entraps the lover.
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