Literary notes about dissonant (AI summary)
The word dissonant in literature is frequently employed to evoke a sense of clash or tension, whether in musical composition, the texture of sound, or even character dynamics. It can denote the deliberate insertion of harsh, discordant elements in a musical passage that disrupts an otherwise harmonious arrangement [1, 2, 3]. At times, dissonant is used metaphorically to describe voices, moods, or environments that feel irregular or unsettling—such as a character’s harsh tone or an atmosphere charged with turbulent emotions [4, 5, 6]. In this way, dissonant enhances the reader’s sensory and emotional experience by highlighting contrasts and disruptions in the narrative’s fabric [7, 8, 9].
- He explained how these fundamental and compound tones might be fully developed to produce either harmonious or dissonant sensations.
— from Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle - The ancients considered thirds and sixths as dissonances; and, in fact, every chord except the perfect concord is a dissonant chord.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to Eberswalde Volume 4, Part 1 by Various - Yet this dissonant E flat may be said to be the emotional key-note of the whole poem.
— from Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete by Frederick Niecks - His voice was bitterly harsh, dissonant; a challenge to tearing winds and thunderous seas of life, like the wild note of the winging gulls.
— from The Lash by Olin L. (Olin Linus) Lyman - This old man, with his harsh, dissonant voice, and hideous practicality, seemed like a bird of ill omen.
— from For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke - He was startled by the loud and dissonant voice of a man who was apparently dismounting at the door.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Our joss-sticks fumed on the still air, monks waved censers, and blasts of dissonant music woke the semi-subterranean echoes.
— from Among the Tibetans by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird - The snarling growls now rose to shrieks, and the croaking quocks to loud, dissonant cries.
— from Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various - With our grim horizon on all sides round toothed thick with battery flame, under that dissonant canopy of warring shells, we sat and heard in silence.
— from The Battle of Gettysburg by Franklin Aretas Haskell
