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Literary notes about keepsake (AI summary)

In literature, "keepsake" is often employed to signify a tangible reminder of cherished memories or relationships. Authors imbue the term with a sense of sentimental value, as when a character acquires a fragment of rope as a memento of affection [1] or when a parting gift, such as an elder-blossom, is offered to evoke lasting reminiscence [2]. At times, it designates an object of personal or cultural significance, like a gold snuff-box used over many years [3] or even the title of a periodical that gathers literary works, thereby blending memory with art and culture [4, 5]. Overall, the word serves as both a physical token and a symbolic emblem of enduring connection throughout various narratives.
  1. I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.
    — from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
  2. But at parting the little girl took an elder-blossom from her breast and gave it to him as a keepsake.
    — from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen
  3. I received a gold snuff-box from the Grand Duke as a keepsake, which I continued to use until the year 1864.
    — from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
  4. "There are a great many celebrated people writing in the 'Keepsake,' at all events," he said, in a tone at once piqued and timid.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  5. In The Keepsake , "St. Agnes' Eve"; in The Tribute , "Stanzas": "Oh! that 'twere possible".
    — from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson

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