Motif
courtship song with catalog of natural comparisons
courtship_song_with_catalog_of_natural_comparisons
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9863-9933 confidence: high
Polyphemus addresses Galatea with a long sequence of comparisons, praising her as fair, blooming, bright, sweet, and soft, then reproaching her as wild, hard, unstable, violent, fierce, cruel, deaf, savage, and fleet.
Polyphemus sings to Galatea, comparing her beauty and resistance to many plants, animals, waters, stones, fire, and other natural objects.
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