Omar Khayyam believes that every moment on earth is extremely precious and should be lived to the fullest. In his verses titled "The Rubaiyat" Khayyam presents evidence of the passage of life and the uncertainty of any existence after death in a hope to inspire a sense of higher value of life in the reader. The author uses vivid metaphors expressing the only things that are definite in life: the sun rising in the morning and the stars twinkling at night, and the passage of time compared in one metaphor to leaves falling one by one. These images convince the reader of Khayyam's basis for his thought process and he includes a reference to his own personal experiences with the minds of Doctor and Saint and concludes that there is nothing other than the past and present moment that can be proven. Khayyam's method is strongly effective due to his inviting metaphorical verse which completely avoids any harsh commanding tone.

"The Wine of Life oozing drop by drop" and "the Leav

Finally, the author concludes with a more authoritative voice, stabbing the reader with "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears was out a Word of it" (LXXI). The reader is both encouraged and warned that there is no changing the past; no going back. So when you are in the moment, make the most of it so you will have no regrets after it has passed.

es of Life falling one by one" (VIII) attract the passage of time as Omar Khayyam emphasizes in his verses. Such importance is placed on this thought because it brings with it a sense of urgency to the piece and the central point. When the Greenpeace corporation makes commercials for donations to save the whales or endangered tigers, they include statistics of how rapidly the animals are being eliminated and how little time there is. This increases the severity of the cause and grabs the viewer's attention. Like these commercials, Khayyam reminds the reader with metaphorical statis

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