# LXXXV explained — The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

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

## What happens

A second voice argues that a benevolent creator would not destroy the vessel He made with His own hand, questioning the notion of divine wrath and destruction.

## Themes in this chapter

### The Potter and Clay Metaphor

The metaphor of the potter and vessel is used to question whether a creator would destroy His own creation.

### Skepticism and Doubt

The speaker expresses doubt about divine wrath and the consistency of a benevolent creator.

## Character check-ins

### The Bonhomme

The second speaker, presenting a theological argument against divine destruction.

## Key lines

> Ne’er a peevish Boy Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy; And He that with his hand the Vessel made Will surely not in after Wrath destroy.

No one would smash a cup they happily drank from, so the Creator who made the vessel would not later destroy it in anger.

_The speaker argues that a loving creator would not destroy His own creation._

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