Literary notes about aster (AI summary)
The term "aster" appears in literature with a remarkable versatility, functioning both as a botanical designation and as an evocative literary device. In many passages, it denotes a flowering plant admired for its beauty and variety—from detailed botanical descriptions of showy species and ornamental varieties ([1], [2], [3], [4]) to its role in nature imagery that enhances the overall atmosphere of a scene ([5], [6]). Simultaneously, "aster" is also used as a proper name or metaphorical reference in dialogue and narrative, infusing characters with a lyrical, almost enchanted quality ([7], [8], [9], [10]). This dual use underscores the word’s capacity to bridge the gap between the scientific and the poetic, enriching both descriptive natural settings and the portrait of human characters.
- Aster Curtisii abounds and is very showy.
— from Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 1 by Asa Gray - Golden-rod and aster flowers lay with bloom all crushed and dead, But a maple leaf among them still retained its gold and red.
— from Katydid's Poems by Kate Slaughter McKinney - This Aster has purple rays and yellow disks.
— from Flowers of Mountain and PlainThird Edition by Edith S. (Edith Schwartz) Clements - The aster must also be given a place in all gardens, large or small, because of its beauty, its wide range of color, and its ease of culture.
— from A-B-C of Gardening by Eben E. (Eben Eugene) Rexford - On each autumn-withered aster; By the frozen waterfall, There she stood, beneath its wall, In the ice-sheathed chaparral.
— from The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 2 (of 5) New world idylls and poems of love by Madison Julius Cawein - The goldenrod is on the hill, the aster by the brook, and the sunflower in the garden.
— from Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader by John Ludwig Hülshof - “M aster Volodya’s here!” bawled Natalya the cook, running into the dining-room.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - I always liked that name better than 'aster'—it was a poem in itself.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery - Who is the greatest literary star ?—The poet-aster .
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - "I hate to think I've got to grow up, and be Miss March, and wear long gowns, and look as prim as a China Aster!
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
