Literary notes about aurora (AI summary)
The word "aurora" in literature functions on multiple levels, oscillating between the literal radiance of dawn and a broader symbol of new beginnings, wonder, and sometimes even adventure. In some narratives, such as those by Conan Doyle, Aurora is not merely the break of day but also lends its name to swift, trusty vessels—an evocative emblem of movement and escape ([1],[2],[3],[4],[5]). Classical texts and poets, including Homer and Thoreau, invoke Aurora to capture the celestial beauty of morning light, infusing their verses with the promise of renewal and the sacred rhythm of nature ([6],[7],[8]). Meanwhile, literary giants like Cervantes, Byron, and Dickinson employ the term metaphorically to evoke emotions of hope, beauty, and an almost mystical regeneration of spirit ([9],[10],[11]). Even scholarly works on natural phenomena treat aurora—as in the aurora borealis—with scientific curiosity, further demonstrating the word’s enduring power across disparate realms of literature and thought ([12],[13],[14]).
- "But I certainly did not know that the Aurora was such a clipper.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - We cannot pick up the broken trail until we find either the Aurora or Mr. Mordecai Smith.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - I am going down the river; and if I should see anything of the Aurora I shall let him know that you are uneasy.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - I had heard a waterman speak of the speed of Smith's launch the Aurora, so I thought she would be a handy craft for our escape.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - " "And there is the Aurora," exclaimed Holmes, "and going like the devil!
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - (These to the north and night's dark regions run, Those to Aurora and the rising sun).
— from The Odyssey by Homer - By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world?
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau - Till on her eastern throne Aurora glows.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - The rosy east held out did I resign For one glance of Claridiana's eye, The bright Aurora for whose love I pine.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Aurora at the last (so history mentions, Though probably much less a fact than guess)
— from Don Juan by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron - That shall aurora be East of eternity; One with the banner gay, One in the red array, — That is the break of day.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson - We may presume that the trabes are, for the most part, to be referred to the aurora borealis.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - 301 The meteor here referred to is probably a peculiar form of the aurora borealis, which occasionally assumes a red colour.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - 310 This phænomenon must be referred to the aurora borealis.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny