batch.motif.persian-persian-literature-volume-1-gutenberg-l16308-l16324
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record_id: batch.motif.persian-persian-literature-volume-1-gutenberg-l16308-l16324
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
passage_locator:
label: XXIII / XLIII / LXIII / LXXVII; lines 16308-16324
start: '16308'
end: '16324'
translation: Persian Literature, Volume 1
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-27-corpus; human
review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A speaker addresses the heart, warning that the path of Love involves deceit
and risk and that those who move too swiftly will fall. Pride is compared to a
shining bubble whose rule soon collapses and is absorbed into wine. The heart
is urged not to display airs of grace in old age, remembering that such youthful
ways pass. A final image contrasts a ‘black book’ of black locks closing with
an ‘album’ that remains, though many daily extracts will pass away.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker addresses the heart and describes the path of Love as involving
deceit and great risk, where one who goes swiftly will fall on the way.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Pride is described through the image of a bubble shining, whose ‘cap of rule’
will soon fall, and the bubble will be ‘merged in wine.’
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker tells the heart that when it has grown aged, it should no longer
show airs of grace, because such ways will go when youth is over.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage states that the ‘black book of black locks’ may be closed while
an ‘album’ remains, though many extracts will go day by day.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Speaker (poetic voice)
description: An unnamed speaker who directly addresses the heart and offers warnings
and reminders.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Heart (addressee)
description: The ‘heart’ is directly addressed and admonished about love, pride,
and aging.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Swift traveler (generic person)
description: A generic ‘he’ who goes at a swift rate and is said to fall upon the
way.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Admonisher / counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker gives warnings and advice to the heart about risk, pride, and
aging.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: Addressee (the one advised)
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The heart is directly addressed (‘O heart’) and instructed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: Example figure (one who falls by haste)
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: A generic ‘he’ is described as falling upon the way when going swiftly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Path of Love
literal_form: The ‘path of Love’ described as involving deceit and risk where one
may fall.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Bubble of pride
literal_form: A shining bubble inflated by the wind of pride, whose ‘cap of rule’
falls.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Wine (merging / dissolution)
literal_form: The bubble is said to be ‘merged in wine.’
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Black book of black locks
literal_form: A ‘black book’ associated with ‘black locks’ that is said to be closed.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Album that remains
literal_form: An ‘album’ that is said to stay, though extracts go day by day.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning about love’s dangers and haste
summary: The speaker warns the heart that the path of Love contains deceit and risk,
and that a swift goer will fall along the way.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Image of pride’s collapse
summary: Pride is pictured as a bubble that shines briefly but soon loses its ‘rule’
and is absorbed into wine.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Reminder of aging and the end of youthful airs
summary: The heart is told not to show airs of grace in old age, remembering that
such youthful ways pass away.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Contrast of closing locks and enduring album amid daily loss
summary: A ‘black book’ of black locks is said to close, while an album remains,
even as many extracts disappear day by day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Perilous path of love requiring caution
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Love is explicitly framed as a path marked by deceit and risk, with falling
as a consequence of rushing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: Presented as moral-poetic counsel rather than narrative plot.
- id: motif:2
label: Pride as brief rule followed by downfall/dissolution
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Pride is depicted as a shining bubble whose ‘cap of rule’ falls and which
is merged in wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: Metaphorical image; no specific agent of judgment is stated.
- id: motif:3
label: Wisdom counsel on aging and the passing of youthful graces
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The heart is instructed to abandon youthful airs in old age because such
ways pass when youth is over.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: A didactic statement rather than a mythic episode.
- id: motif:4
label: Endurance of a record contrasted with daily transience
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The album ‘stays’ while many extracts go day by day, alongside the closing
of the ‘black book of black locks.’
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The referents of ‘black book/locks,’ ‘album,’ and ‘extracts’ are unclear
without broader context.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 16308-16311
quote_or_summary: The speaker addresses the heart, saying that on the path of Love
deceit and risk are great, and that one who goes swiftly will fall upon the way.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
rights_note: Public domain text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 16312-16315
quote_or_summary: Pride is compared to a bubble inflated by wind; its shining ‘head’
is temporary, its ‘cap of rule’ falls, and it is ‘merged in wine.’
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
rights_note: Public domain text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 16316-16319
quote_or_summary: The heart is told that when it has grown aged it should no longer
show airs of grace, remembering that such ways pass when youth is over.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
rights_note: Public domain text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 16320-16324
quote_or_summary: The passage states that the ‘black book of black locks’ may be
closed, while the album remains, though many extracts go day by day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
rights_note: Public domain text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal elements are clear; some metaphors (‘black book/locks,’ ‘album,’
‘extracts’) are difficult to interpret precisely without surrounding poems or
commentary.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.2
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: |-
No explicit cross-tradition comparison is made in the passage; comparisons intentionally omitted.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-27-corpus
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