Motif
lament voiced through natural material and instrument
lament_voiced_through_natural_material_and_instrument
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Grief Imagery and Song. 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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The Mesnevi THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 3518-3642 confidence: high
Opening poem: the speaker would entrust sighs of love to a deep well; reeds may grow there, become moaning flutes, and disclose the woe.
The poem imagines private love-sighs placed in a well becoming reeds and then moaning flutes that reveal the grief.
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