Literary notes about walk (AI summary)
In literature, the word "walk" functions both as a description of physical movement and as a symbolic vehicle for exploring ideas of journey, change, and social interaction. Authors use it literally to denote the act of moving from one place to another—as in the characters taking strolls through secret gardens or along quaint village paths [1], [2], [3]—while also employing it metaphorically to evoke personal growth or spiritual pilgrimage, evident in biblical exhortations and philosophical musings [4], [5], [6]. At times, a simple walk becomes a setting for intimate conversation or reflection, as characters share quiet moments or contemplate life’s transitions on familiar routes [7], [8], [9]. Moreover, the diverse settings—from bustling urban streets [10] to lonely, winding trails [11]—demonstrate how "walk" is adaptable to describe everything from leisure and healthful activity to a form of resistance or personal necessity, as seen in moments of reluctant obligation or deliberate pace [12], [13]. Thus, "walk" is a multifaceted term that enriches narrative texture by encapsulating both the physical act of traveling and the deeper, often symbolic journeys undertaken by the characters.
- There was a laurel-hedged walk which curved round the secret garden and ended at a gate which opened into a wood, in the park.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - One day in order that they might be able to talk together in quiet they went for a walk in the forest.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - We got out at Sonning, and went for a walk round the village.
— from Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome - And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - I was thankful when Mr. Irving came a few minutes ago and took her off for a walk in the woods.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery - We arrived early, and the weather being fine, the lady said that she could enjoy a walk, and asked me politely to offer her my arm.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - My time will be so well employed all the way, in thinking of your favours, that I choose to meditate upon them, as I walk home.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson - “If we walk up towards Leicester Square,” he said, “we shall just be in time for breakfast.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton - It was a three-mile walk, along a dry white road, made whiter to-night by the light of the moon.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy - From time to time they take a walk of half a league for health's sake, as an unpleasant medicine.
— from On Love by Stendhal - Of course the litters were useless here, so we had to walk.
— from She by H. Rider Haggard