Lotus: Simile Meaning in Suntaraporn’s Songs

Abstract

The values of Suntaraporn’s songs are praised with their beautifully written lyrics and deeply profound meanings. Love song composers often compare a lotus to a woman in terms of her beauty. The lotus is sometimes defined as the symbol of the good against the evil. Besides these, the shape of the lotus flower is compared to a woman’s breast, the part of the body which defines a man’s affection on a woman’s body. The strategy used by the composers to convey the meanings of the lotus similes through Suntaraporn’s songs accordingly follows Thai literary writing conventions. Interestingly, some of the meanings also signify various aspects of the human’s mind.