Literary notes about junction (AI summary)
The term "junction" in literature serves as a versatile metaphor for points of convergence, both tangible and abstract. It frequently marks where physical paths or bodies—rivers flowing together, roads intersecting, or railways connecting—merge into one, as seen with the convergence of rivers [1] or the intersection of critical routes [2]. Beyond these concrete depictions, "junction" also captures moments of strategic or emotional unity, whether it’s in military formations coming together on the battlefield [3] or in the delicate articulation of anatomical structures where elements meet [4]. In other contexts, it embodies a more elusive connection, hinting at pivotal moments where divergent narratives or emotions collide and coalesce into something transformative [5].
- Allentown, a town in the United States, Pennsylvania, on Lehigh River, 18 miles above its junction with the Delaware.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - " She turned, and pointed back to a place at the junction of the road to London and the road to Hampstead, where there was a gap in the hedge.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - Still, I was anxious to reach Goldsboro', there to make junction with General Schofield, so as to be ready for the next and last stage of the war.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - The line of junction of the jaws instead of being in the median plane is sloping.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne - Till love that was, and love too blest to be, Meet — and the junction be Eternity? XX.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson
