Literary notes about pomegranate (AI summary)
In literature, "pomegranate" is often employed as a vivid descriptor for deep, lush reds that evoke passion and vitality. Poets and novelists have used it to infuse their imagery with warmth and radiance—for example, in [1] where a color is compared to “the heart of a ripe pomegranate,” suggesting a luminous, flame-like glow. Similarly, in [2] the liquid is “coloured like pomegranate-seeds,” conjuring an image of rich, jewel-toned liquid, while [3] and [4] use the term “pomegranate-red” to designate striking, almost ceremonial hues. In [5] the question of whether a sound could be “the colour of the ripe pomegranate” further emphasizes the fruit’s association with intense red tones, and in [6] rosy cheeks are likened to a piece of a pomegranate, blending natural beauty with a subtle, vibrant allure.
- It is like the heart of a ripe pomegranate, and the faintest ray of light turns it into a flame-rose.
— from The Forerunner, His Parables and Poems by Kahlil Gibran - I dreamed that she let fall, drop by drop, a liquid, coloured like pomegranate-seeds, into a glass of water; and she presented the glass to Peters.
— from The Purple Cloud by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel - She banked two or three azaleas together, so that their shades of pink and pomegranate-red might blend.
— from The Side Of The Angels: A Novel by Basil King - 1. Body and head pomegranate-red; black of scapulars nearly meeting across lower back.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 1 of 3 by Robert Ridgway - Was the crackling the colour of the ripe pomegranate?
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Charles Lamb - Thy cheeks are as a piece of a pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
