Literary notes about fiery (AI summary)
Across literature, "fiery" serves as a vivid descriptor that imbues both physical imagery and emotional intensity. Writers employ it to evoke the brilliance of flames—as when a hero’s hand burns with unstoppable force ([1]) or when a character’s eyes blaze with passion or fury ([2], [3])—and to animate scenes with dynamic energy, whether through celestial bodies or mythical steeds ([4], [5]). Beyond the literal heat of fire, the term also colors temperaments and settings, hinting at both the violent outbursts of a tormented soul ([6], [7]) and the dazzling, almost divine radiance of natural phenomena or heroic exploits ([8], [9]). Thus, "fiery" emerges as an adaptable metaphor that enhances the sensory and emotional landscape of poetic and narrative works alike.
- By land or sea, in field or wave, What can withstand this earl brave? All fly before his fiery hand— God save the earl, and keep the land.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson - It was indeed an eye, that one, with its lid incessantly lowered over its fiery glance.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - Especially notable were his thuglike hands and the fiery gleams in his blood-shot eyes.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - For the sun’s chariot and his fiery horse.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne - “Who art thou on thy black and fiery horse, Under whose hoofs the bridge o’er Giall’s stream Rumbles and shakes?
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. Guerber - And thy heart From ashy rest To fiery torments Now again requickened, Throbs to life!
— from Faust [part 1]. Translated Into English in the Original Metres by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - God grant that Antonia may soften that fiery temper, or we shall certainly cut each other's throat before the Month is over!
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis - As in his car the leader rode With all his lords around, he showed Like the red planet fiery Mars Surrounded by the lesser stars.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
— from The Doré Bible Gallery, Complete
