Motif
withered rose as image of lost beauty
withered_rose_as_image_of_lost_beauty
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
sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jámí FIFTH GARDEN / A LOVERS' DIALOGUE / A KIND FRIEND / A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN; lines 2013-2038 confidence: high
The admirer replies that the spirit residing in her form had enthralled him; since it has departed, he cannot love a dead body or fondle a withered rose.
The former admirer compares the abandoned figure to a withered rose.
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