Literary notes about implore (AI summary)
Literary works often employ "implore" as a powerful means to convey urgent and heartfelt appeals. In the epic tradition, for instance, its use in Virgil’s narrative ([1], [2], [3], [4]) underscores the gravity of requests made to both divine and mortal figures, imbuing the plea with a sense of fate and solemnity. In dramatic and romantic contexts, authors like Shakespeare, Dumas, and Tolstoy harness the word to evoke desperation and emotional intensity during moments of crisis ([5], [6], [7]). Its application spans various genres—from Homer’s mythic invocations ([8], [9]) and the methodical, almost ritualistic entreaties in classical rhetoric ([10], [11]), to the measured yet impassioned requests found in later narratives such as those by Chekhov and Dostoyevsky ([12], [13]). Thus, "implore" remains a versatile term, richly layered in both meaning and tone across literary history.
- Rais’d by these hopes, I sent no news before, Nor ask’d your leave, nor did your faith implore; But come, without a pledge, my own ambassador.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - Stay, I implore, their fury, and grant me and my son union in the tomb.'
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil - This thing, all tatter’d, seem’d from far t’implore Our pious aid, and pointed to the shore.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - This last favour I implore: sister, be pitiful; grant this to me, and I will restore it in full measure when I die.'
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil - Yes, brother, you may live: There is a devilish mercy in the judge, If you'll implore it, that will free your life,
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - D’Artagnan detained her by her night dress of fine India linen, to implore her pardon; but she, with a strong movement, tried to escape.
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - “Dear princess, I beg and implore you, have some pity on him!
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - Why cease ye then to implore the powers above, And offer hecatombs to thundering Jove?
— from The Odyssey by Homer - On their behalf though they are not here, I implore you to stand firm, and not to turn in flight.
— from The Iliad by Homer - Thy aid, divine Apollo, I implore, And thine, dread ruler of the wat’ry store!
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations by Marcus Tullius Cicero - We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal - “Nikolay Stepanovitch,” she said imploringly, stretching out both hands to me, “my precious friend, I beg you, I implore you....
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - “I simply implore you, madam, to listen to me.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky