Literary notes about delve (AI summary)
The word “delve” in literature carries a dual significance, functioning both as a metaphor for deep inquiry and as a literal term for physical excavation. Writers use it to capture the act of probing into complex subjects or the past—suggesting meticulous intellectual research or introspection [1, 2, 3]—while it also vividly describes the manual act of digging or laboring on the land [4, 5]. This versatility allows authors to weave themes of discovery and uncovering hidden layers, whether exploring the recesses of memory or the very soil of the earth [6, 7, 8]. In doing so, “delve” enriches the narrative by blurring the boundaries between abstract thought and concrete action, inviting readers to consider the profound depths that lie beneath the surface of both human experience and the physical world.
- You can delve into them, quote them, broaden the analysis and go on with the research.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert - She was going to delve below the surface, and learn the reason of Eve’s present unsmiling existence.
— from The One-Way Trail: A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum - In a vague way, I knew that he was seeking to delve more deeply into the atom.
— from The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds by George Henry Weiss - You delve deeper, using the back of your hand as a plow-share.
— from Bizarre by Lawton Mackall - Many kings, many great princes were once poor and many who delve and tend sheep were once very rich.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio - While thus equipping myself to become a brain merchant, it was inevitable that I should delve into sociology.
— from Revolution, and Other Essays by Jack London - I like the men who do things, who plow and sow and reap, who build and delve and hew things while dreamers are asleep.
— from Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason - But I can give you a wide selection of such circumstantial proof if I delve into the wide field of other kinds of error.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud