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Literary notes about frostbite (AI summary)

While "frostbite" is most commonly known as the physical damage wrought by cold, a few literary examples use the term evocatively to call up a distinct visual quality—a color that suggests the stark, biting chill of winter. For instance, one poet contrasts the warm flush of human life with the pallid, almost eerie hues brought on when “frostbite nips the finger” [1], hinting at a transformation from vibrant color to a muted, icy tone. In another work, a character refers to frostbite as a kind of “bogey” rendered in “glaring colours,” using the term to evoke a vivid visual metaphor that underscores the menacing presence of the cold [2]. In these cases, "frostbite" transcends its literal meaning, serving as a metaphorical color that mirrors the bleak, desolate atmosphere of winter and the emotional chill accompanying it.
  1. How can a glow the soul entrance, When frostbite nips the finger, And blushes quit the countenance To nigh the nostril linger!
    — from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 31, 1891 by Various
  2. " "But what about frostbite?" asked Joe, for that was a bogy which had been presented to him in glaring colours.
    — from A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

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