The word “dike” is deployed in literature to evoke both concrete and figurative notions of barrier and defense. In some works it designates literal embankments or fortifications safeguarding towns or landscapes—as in the imposing defensive structure mentioned in [1] and the military engineering described in [2]—while in others it suggests a geological formation, such as the basalt dike cutting through rock in [3]. Additionally, its presence in narrative passages can symbolize isolation or the precarious boundary between safety and peril, a duality that deepens the reader’s engagement with the setting, as seen in the imagery of the dike’s looming threat in [4] and the somber reflections in [5].