Literary notes about SPOT (AI summary)
Writers use the word “spot” with remarkable versatility, employing it to mark not just concrete physical locations but also moments loaded with emotional or symbolic significance. In one work, it identifies a precise meeting place imbued with personal loss and longing [1], while in another it designates an exalted site of historical import—whether that is the fabled location where Lot’s wife stood transformed [2] or the hallowed ground of a decisive duel [3]. In poetic narratives, “spot” contributes to the vivid rendering of nature’s varied charms and mystical landmarks [4, 5], and even in terse exchanges it underscores immediacy and exactness [6, 7]. Thus, across genres and eras, “spot” becomes a potent literary tool grounding abstract emotions in tangible detail.
- I remained standing on the spot where he had left me, unwilling to depart, and yet unknowing why I should loiter there.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens - A little further onward was the spot where Lot's wife had stood forever under the semblance of a pillar of salt.
— from Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Upon this spot, and for this duel, on the 18th of June, Wellington had the good post, Napoleon the bad post.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - Thus Ráma showed to Janak's child The varied beauties of the wild, The hill, the brook and each fair spot, Then turned to seek their leafy cot.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - [dropping his voice impressively], “our eyes may be resting at this very moment upon the spot WHERE LIES THE MYSTERIOUS GRAVE OF MOSES!
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
— from Familiar QuotationsA Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced toTheir Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - I encountered Mr Fledgeby, quite by accident, on the spot.—By the expression, on the spot, I mean at Mr Riah's in Saint Mary Axe.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens