Literary notes about shout (AI summary)
Writers use "shout" to capture an immediate burst of emotion or to punctuate a narrative moment with audible intensity. In heroic verse and epic battle scenes, the word amplifies martial fervor and communal rallying cries [1, 2, 3], while in more personal settings it communicates sudden terror, defiance, or even joy [4, 5, 6]. In some texts it serves as an urgent command or protest [7, 8], and in others it conveys the exuberance of celebration or relief [9, 10, 11]. This range of applications allows "shout" to function as both a literal expression of sound and a symbolic gesture of human passion, underlining moments of conflict, triumph, or vulnerability throughout literature [12, 13, 14].
- " He said: his finish'd wrath with loud acclaim The Greeks accept, and shout Pelides' name.
— from The Iliad by Homer - The shout which arose suddenly awoke not only the consuls' sentinels and then all the army, but the dictator also.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - Then on the left a confused murmur arose which ended in a shout.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers - At this instant I again had a distinct view of the monster—to which, with a shout of absolute terror, I now directed his attention.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - The idea of a shout in such a solitude as this almost makes one shudder.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - The moment I comprehended what she meant, I gave a shout of joy.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - He would not keep quiet; he tried to shout; I had half throttled him before I made out what he wanted.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - Don’t shout, the neighbours will hear you! TOLKACHOV.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - [Pg 16] David's life was a torrent of spiritual desire, and his psalms ring with the cry of the seeker and the glad shout of the finder.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer - In the post-office the pettiest official considered he had a right to treat us like animals, and to shout with coarse insolence: "You wait!"
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Never had such a shout been raised in the Kingdom of Cards before.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore - And if your thoughts succumb, your uprightness shall still shout triumph thereby!
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - A muffled roaring shout rolled down-river over the town; a big drum began to throb, and others responded, pulsating and droning.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - Just then Uncas struck his tomahawk deep into the post, and raised his voice in a shout, which might be termed his own battle cry.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
