So Small Are The Flowers Of Seamu Essay

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Today most of the religious world believes in an immortal soul that lives on in some form. It is a shared teaching of Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Bahá’í, as well as of native and tribal religions throughout Africa, the Americas and elsewhere. Some say that soul will live forever in either a heaven or a hell.

The ancient Egyptians ' civilization was based on religion. They believed that after death, they could be reborn in the next world if they had led a good life.They hoped that magic spells, the assistance of many gods, and the protection of mummification would help them reach the afterlife. They regarded death as a temporary interruption, rather than the cessation of life. To ensure the continuity of life after death, people paid homage to the gods, both during and after their life on earth.

In the Old Kingdom of ancient Egyptians ' civilization, which began around 2600 B.C.E. and lasted for more than 500 years, it was only the king who was believed to live beyond death. But after the Old Kingdom …show more content…

The poems “So small are the flowers of seamu" and “The immortality of writers” convey opposite meanings. so small the flowers of seamu is a poem from a lover expressing the feeling of his to his lover. “Your voice gives life, like nectar ” the voice of his lover gives life and peace, he described his lovers voice to nectar which is a sugary fluid secreted within flowers and collected by bees to make into honey, (in Greek and Roman mythology) the nectar is the drink of the gods. “To see you, is more than food or drink” to see his lover is more important and beneficial than food or drink. As described in this poem the lover is in the last stage of love which is called الْهُيُوْمُ (huyum) Insanity, is the love that drives the lover into madness, Complete loss of reason. he described the meeting of his lover is more needed in this life than food or drink, his love for her drove him into losing his sense of reason and

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