Motif<span> and </span>theme<span> are linked in a literary work but there is a difference between them. In a literary piece, a </span>motif<span> is a recurrent image, idea or a symbol that develops or explains a </span>theme<span> while a </span>theme<span> is a central idea or message.</span>
1. Ye hearers, take it of worth, old and young,
<span>And forsake Pride, for he deceiveth you in the end. - Doctor
2. </span>And save me from the fiend's boast,
That I may appear with that blessed host
<span>That shall be saved at the day of doom. - Everyman
3. </span>I perceive, here in my majesty,
How that all creatures be to me unkind,
<span>Living without dread in worldly prosperity - God
4. </span>He that loveth riches I will strike with my dart,
His sight to blind, and from heaven to depart,
<span>Except that Almsdeeds be his good friend, </span>
<span>In hell for to dwell, world without end. - Death</span>
