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comes from the Greek, μετά meaning across
from the Greek φέρω phero, meaning 'carry' or 'bear'
metamorphosis meta=across morph=change
like transform trans=across
for example...
is called 'the vehicle'
the beauty,
freshness, perfume and
colour of the rose
to the woman
the roses in
her cheeks
'rosy cheeks' and
'the roses in her cheeks
have faded
LYSANDER
How now, my love? Why is your cheek so pale?
How chance the roses there do fade so fast?
HERMIA
Belike for want of rain, which I could well
Beteem them from the tempest of my eyes.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(=wan, or 'pale')
symbol of death
cf 'ashes to ashes, dust to dust'
FRIAR LAWRENCE
the roses in thy lips and cheeks
shall fade to wanny ashes
Romeo and Juliet
on thy cheeks a fading rose fast withereth (withers)
John Keats, 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' 1819