5/10/2023 0 Comments From the rubaiyat by omar khayyamIn the third stanza, the author writes, “‘Open then the Door!/ You know how little while we have to stay,/ And, once departed, may return no more.” There’s several refrains to this throughout the poem, first in the seventh stanza: “Come, fill the cup./ The Bird of Time has but a little way/ To flutter-and the bird is on the Wing.” Obviously, on one level, the poem can present itself in a fairly straightforward manner in the vein of CARPE DIEM. 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 separate meanings hidden in the poem’s objective descriptions and sprawling narrative-which in the space of a few pages includes such disparate characters as the Moon, God, the Snake (and his traditional Christian neighborhood, Paradise), the “Balm of Life”, not to mention nearly every animal and sex symbol the human mind can come up with. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam presents an interesting challenge to any reader trying to sort through its heavy symbolism and not-so-obvious theme.
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