Literary notes about STRODE (AI summary)
In literature, “strode” is often employed to signify a deliberate, forceful, and sometimes heroic movement, imbuing characters with a palpable sense of purpose or emotion. Authors use this term to suggest not merely the act of walking but a stride infused with inner determination—whether it’s a character storming off in anger [1], stalking resolutely across a dramatic landscape [2], or even moving with a dignified, measured gravity amidst moments of romance and introspection [3]. Its frequent appearance in genres ranging from epic poetry to gothic novels underlines its versatility, serving both as a marker of physical energy and as a subtle reflection of a character’s state of mind [4][5].
- Jotham Powell had started for the barn, and Ethan strode down after him aflame with anger.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton - He strode down the hill amid the tumult of suddenrisen vapours of wounded pride and fallen hope and baffled desire.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - I remember exactly how he strode into our kitchen in his felt boots and long wolfskin coat, his eyes and cheeks bright with the cold.
— from My Ántonia by Willa Cather - He strode away from them towards the window.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - " This said, the hero o'er his shoulders flung A lion's spoils, that to his ankles hung; Then seized his ponderous lance, and strode along.
— from The Iliad by Homer
