Motif
perpetual mourning assigned to transformed being
perpetual_mourning_assigned_to_transformed_being
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Tears, Transformation, and Memorialization. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4263-4355 confidence: high
Cyparissus continues lamenting, asks the gods to let him mourn forever, and changes as his blood is exhausted by weeping: his limbs turn green, his hair becomes a rough bush, and his form tapers upward.
Cyparissus asks to mourn forever, is changed into a tree, and Phoebus declares that he will mourn for others and attend those sorrowing for the dead.
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