Literary notes about PARADE (AI summary)
Literary writers employ "parade" in a range of nuanced ways that traverse both the literal and the metaphoric. It can depict a vivid military formation—evoking images of soldiers in disciplined order and ceremonial pomp as in a warlike pageantry [1] or a debut on parade grounds [2]—while it also signifies a metaphorical display of qualities or sentiments. In some works, the word underscores a facet of ostentation or exaggerated self-presentation, as when erudition is showcased for effect [3] or when someone is described wryly as "on parade" to highlight their showy demeanor [4]. In this way, "parade" becomes a versatile term, simultaneously capturing the spectacle of formal arrangements and the subtleties of personal and social exhibition [5] [6].
- To thir night watches in warlike Parade, When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton - 1842 It was in July 1842 that one of America's greatest soldiers first answered to his name on the parade-ground at West Point.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - When one wishes to make a parade of erudition he should make some attempt to understand the things which he pretends to make clear to others.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter - Now you look like a drill-major, on parade!
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness by Florence Hartley - Their air and dress asserted the parade.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb - Or are we face to face with a great soul, that disclaims to parade its sorrow before the eyes of the world?
— from On Love by Stendhal
