Motif
wasting death from love as hidden flame
wasting_death_from_love_as_hidden_flame
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5286-5376 confidence: high
“In thee ’tis I, I {now} perceive... I burn with the love of myself, and both raise the flames and endure them.”
The youth describes himself as burning with love, and the narration says he wastes away like wax near fire or frost under sun.
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