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In literature, the word "intersperse" is often used to convey the deliberate and artful scattering or insertion of elements within a larger work. For instance, in Edgar Allan Poe's writing, it is employed to describe the precise and creative placement of figures or marks "wherever they find room for the chisel," suggesting an ingenious, almost architectural distribution of details [1]. Similarly, in Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, the term takes on a more introspective quality as the speaker reflects on his tendency "to intersperse" his contributions, hinting at a mindful, measured inclusion of his thoughts within the broader academic or literary framework [2]. This dual usage underscores the flexibility of "intersperse" as both a physical and metaphorical act of deliberate placement in the arts.
  1. But these they do exceedingly well, and intersperse them, with singular ingenuity, wherever they find room for the chisel.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
  2. Too much I'm given to intersperse, Though to the Academy I come
    — from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

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