Literary notes about strand (AI summary)
The term "strand" reveals a lively range of meanings in literature, from the literal to the metaphorical. In epic narratives such as those by Homer and Virgil, it designates the seashore—a boundary for heroic journeys and battles ([1], [2], [3], [4]). At the same time, urban settings like London’s famous thoroughfare in detective tales and realist novels carry the name, symbolizing both place and cultural vibrancy ([5], [6], [7]). Moreover, more intimate uses appear in poetic and narrative moments, where a "strand" may refer to a single thread of hair or an element of nature that evokes delicate, personal sensations ([8], [9]). Thus, "strand" serves as a versatile image, linking the vast imagery of nature and the precision of human detail.
- Achilles to the strand obedient went: The shores resounded with the voice he sent.
— from The Iliad by Homer - Swift to the shore they move along the strand; The ready vessel rides, the sailors ready stand.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - But the grim sailor admits now one and now another, while some he pushes back far apart on the strand.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil - The billows break upon the sounding strand, And roll the rising tide, impure with sand.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - “Thank you,” said Holmes, “I only wished to ask you how you would go from here to the Strand.”
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - A good shop for the latter was in the Strand—somewhere in that part which has been rebuilt since.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - She put up her parasol in a pet, and went up the street into the Strand.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - In silence, like a crab, Gudrun caught a strand of his hair each time he rocked back.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - As Lily turned, and settled to completer rest, a strand of her hair swept Gerty's cheek with its fragrance.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
