Motif
erotic spring landscape as intensifier of separation grief
erotic_spring_landscape_as_intensifier_of_separation_grief
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. 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 LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 36878-37042 confidence: high
Breezes, trees, bees, hills, Cassias, spring, Koïls, and wild-cock song are described; the speaker tells Sumitrá’s son that spring awakens sorrow as he mourns his dame.
Spring flowers, birds, paired creatures, and soft breezes are repeatedly said to increase the speaker’s longing and sorrow for his absent wife.
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