Analysis Of The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam presents an interesting
challenge to any reader trying to sort through its heavy symbolism and not-
so-obvious theme. Not only does the poem provide us with a compelling
surface story, but a second look at the text can reveal a rich collection
of seperate meanings hid ....
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.... the cup. . ./ The Bird of Time has but a little way/ To flutter-and
the bird is on the Wing." The entire ninth stanza describes the summer
month "that brings the Rose" taking "Jamshyd and Kaikobad away", and so
forth and so on ad nauseum. Again, in the fifty-third stanza: "You gaze
To-Day, while You are You-how then/ Tomorrow, You when shall be You no
more?" The poet seems to be in an incredible hurry to get this life going
before some cosmic deadline comes due, and more than willing to enco ....
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