batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l3814-l3828
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l3814-l3828
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: LXXII. / LXXIII. / LXXV. / LXXVI.; lines 3814-3828
start: '3814'
end: '3828'
translation: The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: Of my Base metal may be filed a Key, / That shall unlock the Door he howls
without.
summary: A quatrain says the Vine has struck a fibre that clings to the speaker's
being; from the speaker's base metal a key may be filed to unlock a door outside
which a dervish howls. A following note cites a parallel in which a creator teaches
love and makes a filing of the dust of the heart into a key for the treasure-house
of substance.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Vine is described as having struck a fibre that clings about the speaker's
being.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A dervish is described as flouting and howling outside a door.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker's base metal may be filed into a key.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The key is said to unlock a door.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: The note states that the sentiment of the quatrain is contained in C. 143.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: In the cited parallel, a figure identified as 'He' creates the speaker, dictates
the lesson of love, and makes a small filing of the dust of the speaker's heart
into a key of the treasure-house of substance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: first-person speaker
description: The speaking 'my' whose being, base metal, and heart are described.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the Dervish
description: A dervish who may flout and is described as howling outside the door.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: He
description: An unnamed figure in the cited parallel who creates the speaker, dictates
the lesson of love, and makes a heart-dust filing into a key.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the Vine
description: The Vine is personified as striking a fibre that clings about the speaker's
being.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: speaker transformed into key-material
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker's base metal may be filed into a key; in the parallel, dust of
the speaker's heart is made into a key.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: excluded or outside religious figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The dervish is located outside the door and is described as howling there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: creator and teacher of love
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The cited parallel says 'He' created the speaker and dictated the lesson
of love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: animating vine
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Vine acts by striking a fibre that clings to the speaker's being.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Vine
literal_form: Vine striking a fibre
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: fibre clinging to being
literal_form: fibre clinging about the speaker's being
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: base metal
literal_form: the speaker's base metal
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: key
literal_form: key filed from base metal or from dust of the heart
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: door
literal_form: door unlocked by the key, with the dervish outside
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:6
label: dust of the heart
literal_form: small filing of the dust of the speaker's heart
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:7
label: treasure-house of substance
literal_form: treasure-house of substance opened by a key
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:8
label: lesson of love
literal_form: lesson of love dictated from the first
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Vine, dervish, and unlocking key
summary: The Vine acts upon the speaker; the dervish is outside a door; the speaker's
base metal may be filed into a key that unlocks the door.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Parallel creation and heart-key image
summary: In the cited parallel, an unnamed 'He' creates the speaker, teaches love,
and makes dust from the speaker's heart into a key of the treasure-house of substance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: inner substance transformed into a key for hidden access
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
- wisdom
basis: Both the quatrain and cited parallel describe material from the speaker—base
metal or dust of the heart—being filed or made into a key that opens a door or
treasure-house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses compact metaphor rather than a developed narrative journey;
taxonomy links are approximate and require review.
- id: motif:2
label: love as primordial instruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
- wisdom
basis: The cited parallel states that from the first the speaker was dictated the
lesson of love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The identity of 'He' and the theological implications are not specified
in the passage itself.
- id: motif:3
label: excluded dervish outside the door
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The dervish is placed outside the door that the speaker's key can unlock.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: low
cautions: The symbolic or polemical role of the dervish is not explained in the
supplied passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself identifies C. 143 as containing the same sentiment as
this quatrain, and both passages share the image of a small filing from the speaker's
inner substance becoming a key.
claim_level: same_motif
target: C. 143 as cited in the note to LXXVI
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: Only the excerpted translation and reference note are available; the
full context of C. 143 is not supplied.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 3814-3819
quote_or_summary: The Vine strikes a fibre clinging to the speaker's being; the
dervish may flout; the speaker's base metal may be filed into a key that unlocks
the door outside which the dervish howls.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 3821-3826
quote_or_summary: The cited parallel says that since eternity 'He' created the speaker,
taught the lesson of love, and made a filing of the dust of the speaker's heart
into a key of the treasure-house of substance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: citation
locator: lines 3820, 3828
quote_or_summary: The editor states that the sentiment of the quatrain is contained
in C. 143 and lists references including C. 143, L. 311, B. 307, P. 81, T. 134,
and V. 314.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are provisional because
the passage is metaphorical and brief.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Used only supplied passage text and metadata. Available symbol taxonomy did not include key, door, vine, heart, or treasure-house, so symbol taxonomy_refs are empty.
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