Motif
bereaved city personified as widow or starless night
bereaved_city_personified_as_widow_or_starless_night
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming.; lines 19676-19768 confidence: high
The women remain sorrowful; Ayodhyā is compared to a starless night and a sad widow, while the king has fled to heaven and night falls.
Ayodhyā is described as dark and dim, like a starless night and like a sad widow drowned in tears after being reft of her lord.
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