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Analysis of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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 hidden in the poem's objective descriptions and
sprawling narrativ ....
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.... and more than willing to encourage
any of the laiety he encounters in the course of the poem to do the same.
Another recurring motif throughout the poem is the time-
honored act of downing a few drinks. It appears that either "Wine", the
"Cup" or "Bowl", and the "Grape" touch every stanza in the poem; the
narrator seems to be an alcoholic. In the fifty-sixth stanza he dismisses
everything so he can get drunk, having divorced Reason and married the
Daughter of the Vine in the previo ....
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