Literary notes about unheeded (AI summary)
In literature, "unheeded" is frequently deployed to underscore the idea that time, words, or warnings may pass by unnoticed or ignored. It can suggest the quiet, relentless flow of moments—as in the portrayal of time slipping past a window without acknowledgment [1] or the hours speeding away despite their significance [2]. At other times it highlights how impassioned pleas, profound thoughts, or matters of grave importance are disregarded, whether in the muted protests that go unheard [3] or in the neglected words of wisdom and warning that fail to alter fate [4]. By evoking this sense of neglect or oblivion, writers use "unheeded" to deepen themes of isolation, futility, or the inexorable passage of life itself.
- And the minutes flowed unheeded past the window outside.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - The time, unheeded, sped away, While love's luxurious pulse beat high, Beneath thy silver-gleaming ray, To mark the mutual-kindling eye.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns - The few faint voices of protest went practically unheeded.
— from Jewish Theology, Systematically and Historically Considered by Kaufmann Kohler - An attack upon its rights must never be allowed to pass unheeded.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer
