Literary notes about Vernal (AI summary)
The term "vernal" is frequently used to evoke the vitality and rebirth associated with spring, creating a bridge between nature’s seasonal renewal and human emotion. Authors apply it to describe the fresh, delicate qualities of landscapes awakening at the vernal equinox [1][2], as well as to capture the transformative energy that permeates festivals and personal identity, such as the rebranding of a character with a name resonant of the season [3]. It is also employed in poetic imagery to illustrate the lush flush of flowers and the rejuvenating glow of morning dews, characteristics that reinforce a broader metaphor of regeneration and hope [4]. Overall, the adjective enriches literary descriptions by infusing them with both tangible and symbolic freshness.
- This time is in March, and we call it the vernal equinox, because then the days and nights are of equal length, and equinox means equal nights.
— from The First Days of Man, as Narrated Quite Simply for Young Readers by Frederic Arnold Kummer - The line drawn from the sun toward the right of the figure shows the direction to the vernal equinox.
— from A Text-Book of Astronomy by George C. (George Cary) Comstock - Vincent, the boy’s name, had already been changed by the Cossacks into Vesénny (vernal) and into Vesénya by the peasants and soldiers.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - The vernal flush of flower and spray Will burn my very soul away.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
