Motif
sensual garden shadowed by mortality
sensual_garden_shadowed_by_mortality
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Floral Images of Wounding, Endurance, and Loss. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 SIKANDER / FIRDUSI'S INVOCATION / FIRDUSI'S SATIRE ON MAHMUD / THE RUBIYT OF OMAR KHAYYM; lines 14619-14701 confidence: high
Omar is compared with Hafiz as one of the most Persian writers; the description includes Eastern gorgeousness, bowers full of roses, and nightingale notes.
The passage combines roses, nightingales, wine, love, feast, and revel with a prevailing fear of death and approaching Fate.
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