Literary notes about Spring (AI summary)
The word "spring" in literature wears many hats—a marker of seasonal rebirth, a source of life-giving water, and even a metaphor for sudden action or renewal. In some passages it signifies nature’s awakening, evoking images of budding flora and the melting of winter’s grip that invite hope and transformation [1, 2, 3]. In other contexts, it serves as a vivid symbol of energy, whether through a literal fountain believed to bestow divinity and prophecy [4, 5, 6] or as a sudden, dynamic force ready to pounce upon its target [7]. This diverse use enriches narratives, layering the familiar rhythms of nature with metaphorical echoes of emotional and physical rejuvenation.
- The weather here is very unsettled; still I think the spring has come at length; already the ice has almost gone.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - The sun just touched the morning; The morning, happy thing, Supposed that he had come to dwell, And life would be all spring.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson - Then, in the spring, she returned north.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - 2152 The famed Castalian spring is now called the Fountain of St. John, from the chapel of that saint which stands close to its source.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - Such a spring is said to have gushed from the foot of the great oak at Dodona, and from its murmurous flow the priestess drew oracles.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer - The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - But she could feel the class watching her, ready to spring on her.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence