Literary notes about Verdure (AI summary)
In literature, "verdure" is often employed as a vivid emblem of nature's dynamic vitality and ever-changing beauty. Writers use the term to evoke lush landscapes that both inspire life and signal renewal, such as in portrayals where even scarred or barren terrains are interspersed with delicate signs of green life [1, 2]. It can also serve as a contrast, highlighting the burst of flourishing growth in spring against the stark absence of life in winter [3, 4], or providing a backdrop that deepens the reader's emotional connection to a scene’s natural splendor [5, 6]. This multifaceted use enriches the narrative, merging visual beauty with thematic elements of transformation and hope.
- The fiercer element had cropped the verdure of the plain, which looked as though it were scathed by the consuming lightning.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper - It surprised me, that what before was desert and gloomy should now bloom with the most beautiful flowers and verdure.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - As we passed Cairo the snow was falling, and the country was wintery and devoid of verdure.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - But Gerda and Kay went hand-in-hand towards home; and as they advanced, spring appeared more lovely with its green verdure and its beautiful flowers.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - The early Roman spring had filled the air with bloom and perfume, and the rugged surface of the Palatine was muffled with tender verdure.
— from Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James - It surprised me that what before was desert and gloomy should now bloom with the most beautiful flowers and verdure.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
