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What does it mean?
The beauty of the beloved cannot be described in words.
In plain terms
You cannot praise someone's beauty enough with words.
What can you take from it?
Some things are beyond description.

Where it applies

  • poetry
  • romantic expression
  • spiritual devotion

Putting it to work

  • accept silence
  • use metaphor
  • show instead of tell

Questions to consider

  • What can you feel but not say?
  • How do you express the inexpressible?

Another view

Art and language often try to describe the indescribable.

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