Love
She waits to be discovered
Dressed in a white dress
When found she smiles,
"You found me dear"
"He knew that his love for her would enable him to discover every treasure in the world."
The Alchemist, from The Alchemist
The poem has the theme of Love. It has the theme that love is something that is waiting to be discovered, and the love greets the person who found him/her. I think that the theme is relevant in each culture, as the supposed "lesson" could be translated by all cultures, that love is waiting to be found, and the symbolism, can be communicated in all languages, as the color white is the color of purity and peace, not only now, but even in the middle ages, it symbolized purity. This can be known from the fact that Jesus Christ is seen wearing white in nearly all of the paintings in the middle ages. The dress, especially when it is white, can give the reader a thought of marriage, which is emphasizing that the poem is about true love. The poem and its theme can be realized by people in all cultures and nearly all time periods.
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Woman in the white dress: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4pyW3N02N37TfOiHSoGGVGEVfx7MXsbsE-2OMBqs336tFZRbiWSIKfT1S_xmE4lm_kRIhUPAikSpsLRQSl9yOpbNEpoXcfVuNkgiFOZfn34TJ2-ifRvCANvw6QC9IpOMhzshwXmWirFk/s400/woman+in+white+dress_warm+light+green_chloe+mallett_ray+brown+represents.png
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