Motif
spring landscape intensifies separation lament
spring_landscape_intensifies_separation_lament
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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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 37043-37151 confidence: high
Spring trees bear many blossoms, bees work among them, birds sing joyfully, and the speaker says these sounds turn love into frenzied pain.
The passage repeatedly contrasts spring’s birds, blossoms, wind, flowering trees, and lake beauty with the speaker’s grief at Sita’s absence.
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