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Vapour and anadem

18:51 Dec 5, 2015
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: Vapour and anadem
The proposition that death is the equivalent to extinction is examined in the first section of Adonias, a piece permeated with frigid imagery. The head of the deceased is bound with "frost", his heart is "cold", his lips "icy" and his cheek "frozen" suggesting the permanent cessation of life. The water imagery in "dew", "liquid" and "vapour" suggest weeping for the loss of life, an image which culminates in "she faded, like a cloud which had out-wept its rain". The two images combine in the "frozen tears" , the substitute for pearls in the anadem, which suggest the immutability of death coupled with the irrevocability of loss.

وهل من الممكن أن يتفضل أحدكم بشرح المعنى العام للنص؟
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Kuwait


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4 +1بخار وإكليل
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vapour and anadem
بخار وإكليل


Explanation:
شرح النص خارج مجال KudoZ للأسف

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Note added at 5 mins (2015-12-05 18:57:39 GMT)
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anadem= A wreath or garland for the head.

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Local time: 06:57
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agree  Randa Farhat
6 hrs
  -> شكرًا جزيلا :-))
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