Literary notes about enraptured (AI summary)
Literary authors use "enraptured" to convey a state of complete absorption and emotional captivation that transforms ordinary moments into experiences of intense wonder and delight. In some works, it describes the overwhelming effect of beauty or art on the observer, as when the serene environment leaves one spellbound [1, 2] or when a character’s gaze fixes on a magnificent scene with undivided admiration [3, 4]. At other times, it signals deep, almost transcendent engagement with emotion or sensory pleasure, such as the way music or passionate dialogue holds a person utterly enthralled [5, 6]. Whether reflecting sudden ecstasy or a continual state of awe, the word encapsulates how a vivid, immersive reaction can utterly seize one’s mind and heart [7, 8].
- The atmosphere was serenity itself; I was enraptured.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - As the iron wheels of our carriage creaked along the hot, stony roads, we were enraptured with changing vistas of mountainous grandeur.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - What a glorious prospect it was that now revealed itself to my enraptured eyes!
— from The First Mate: The Story of a Strange Cruise by Harry Collingwood - When the lady had finished her song the plaudits of her enraptured hearers rang through the house, and the woods outside.
— from Fern Vale; or, the Queensland Squatter. Volume 2 by Colin Munro - Elizabeth-Jane was fond of music; she could not help pausing to listen; and the longer she listened the more she was enraptured.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - I loved her passionately, and I was enraptured by everything she did and said.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Now are our minds and hearts open and enraptured.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Faust is enraptured, hastily signs the contract, and hurries away with his attendant fiend.
— from The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by R. A. (Richard Alexander) Streatfeild
