There are four favorite poets in my life time, and Omar Khayyam's one of them. Others, are the names of Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, and Dylan Thomas. This book was fascinating, and I couldn't find anything but superb, haunting, beautifully written love poetry, and many of symbolism. This is my favorite poetry book. I can't say what the symbolism is, unless I put that under symbolism, it is so complexed. For me, at least. "But still, a vine her ancient ruby yeilds, and still a garden by the water grows", it is one of my favorite lines.