In literature, "disconsolate" is frequently used to evoke an image of deep, unrelenting sorrow that affects both individuals and entire settings. Authors employ the adjective to illustrate characters overcome by grief—as seen when a monarch’s widow mourns her lost lord ([1]) or when a mother cannot be moved by any consolation ([2])—and to imbue scenes with an atmosphere of bleak hopelessness, such as landscapes that seem eternally despondent ([3]) or characters whose expressions mirror profound despair ([4]). The term spans genres and eras, from the epic lamentations in ancient retellings ([5], [6], [7]) to the more intimate portrayals of personal loss in later novels ([8], [9]), thereby enriching the narrative with a palpable sense of melancholic isolation.