Motif
Sorrow figured as overwhelming water
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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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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 18695-18867 confidence: medium
The king compares his sorrow to a hard-to-cross sea: tears, sighs, cries, Kaikeyi, the hump-back’s words, and the boon he granted all become features of that sea until Rama’s banishment ends.
The king’s grief is elaborated as a sea with tears as flood, sighs as billows, cries as roar, and a shore linked to Rama’s banishment.
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