# LXXXII explained — The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

> Chapter companion for The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyám.

## What happens

As Ramadan departs, the speaker stands alone in the Potter's house, surrounded by shapes of clay, reflecting on the transient nature of time and the divine craftsmanship.

## Themes in this chapter

### The Potter and Clay Metaphor

The speaker stands in the Potter's house surrounded by shapes of clay, emphasizing the metaphor of divine creation and human passivity.

### Mortality and Transience

The departure of Ramadan and the imagery of clay shapes highlight the fleeting nature of time and life.

## Character check-ins

### The Bonhomme

The speaker stands alone in the Potter's house, observing the shapes of clay.

## Key lines

> As under cover of departing Day Slunk hunger-stricken Ramazán away

As the day ended and Ramadan, weakened by fasting, quietly left,

_The personification of Ramadan as a hungry figure departing at day's end._

> Once more within the Potter’s house alone I stood, surrounded by the Shapes of Clay.

I stood alone again in the Potter's workshop, encircled by clay figures.

_The speaker returns to the metaphor of the Potter (God) and the clay (humanity)._

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