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Literary notes about rout (AI summary)

The word "rout" appears in literature with a rich variety of meanings that span from describing physical paths to depicting disorder in conflicts and social gatherings. In military or historical narratives, it frequently denotes a disorderly retreat or the collapse of enemy forces, as seen when armies are put to a flying rout or driven into panic ([1], [2], [3], [4]). Conversely, in travel writing and accounts of exploration, "rout" can simply refer to the route or path taken on a journey ([5], [6]). Additionally, in lighter or more humorous contexts, the term is employed to characterize a spirited social event or a chaotic scene in everyday life ([7], [8]). This diverse range of applications illustrates the term's adaptability, serving both literal and figurative functions depending on the narrative context ([9], [10]).
  1. Here too the evidence of a hasty rout was abundant along the road.
    — from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
  2. " When the Almoravides came against him, he put them to rout.
    — from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole
  3. But Panic, comrade of blood-stained Rout, had taken fast hold of the Achaeans, and their princes were all of them in despair.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  4. Hector from fighting and has caused the rout of his host.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  5. in the afternoon our rout was through lands heavily timbered, the larger wood entirely pine.
    — from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
  6. this Elk was the largest Buck I ever Saw and the fattest animal which have been killed on the rout.
    — from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
  7. "Aren't you looking forward to this rout or revel?"
    — from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
  8. Finding a seat on one of the red plush divans close to the great windows which look out on Broadway's busy rout, he sat musing.
    — from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
  9. The absurdity of the situation put its pathos to the rout.
    — from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
  10. in a way that would set everything to indiscriminate rout in a moment.
    — from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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