The difference between children and their elders becomes a frequent motif.

A frequent motif is that unless you're a Somebody, you'll be treated like dirt.

Fire was a frequent motif, stone a frequent building material.

Though she never had children of her own, the most frequent motif in Chalupová's paintings were children.

Her other frequent motifs are winter, Kovačica church, and biblical themes.

Trains are a frequent motif in rural American music, suggesting the freedom and promise of an escape from one's home environment.

But I choose to see the shape as an angel, a frequent motif in folk art.

Tigers and great cats are frequent motifs in Eugène's works (see the following section).

Foliage is a frequent motif but typically stylized or simplified for the same reason.