Motif
youth as a vanished bird
youth_as_a_vanished_bird
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Destruction, Death, and the Loss of Beauty. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 7161-7399 confidence: high
The speaker says the volume of youth is worn out; youth's spring blossoms are torn; the bird of youth came and fled unnoticed.
Youth is personified as a bird whose coming and departure pass unnoticed, leaving the speaker forlorn.
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