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In literature, “mine” is not just a simple possessive pronoun but a tool that conveys deep personal, emotional, and even cultural nuances. Authors employ it to assert intimate claims of ownership over tangible objects, abstract ideas, or even parts of oneself. For example, in Shakespeare’s works, “mine” repeatedly underscores personal identity and the stakes of interpersonal relationships, as seen when characters emphasize what is indisputably theirs ([1], [2], [3]). In other texts, such as those by Dickens and Homer, “mine” highlights both a sense of individual entitlement and the burden or pride of possession—whether in relation to cherished objects or personal attributes, like trembling hands or searching eyes ([4], [5], [6], [7], [8]). Even in more poetic and archaic examples, “mine” lends a cadence and gravity to the prose that enriches the texture of language ([9], [10]). Overall, the varied uses of “mine” in literature illuminate how deeply intertwined ownership and identity can be, serving as a constant reminder of the personal stakes embedded in every claim.
  1. You lie out on't, sir, and therefore it is not yours: for my part, I do not lie in't, yet it is mine.
    — from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
  2. But on mine honour dare I undertake
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  3. Before mine uncle: I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick: 73 if he do blench, 74 I know my course.
    — from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
  4. I beseech your Majesty give me leave to go; Sorrow would solace, and mine age would ease.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  5. He spared his own money, but not mine, as he paid for my journey, but not for my board.
    — from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. “Then her hand touched mine, and she pressed it, and I gently squeezed her waist with a trembling, and gradually firmer, grasp.
    — from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
  7. I desert my train? 'Tis mine to prove the rash assertion vain; I joy to mingle where the battle bleeds, And hear the thunder of the sounding steeds.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  8. Of all the times of mine that Time has in his grip, there is none that in one retrospect I can smile at half so much, and think of half so tenderly.
    — from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  9. And as I onward went, mine eyes were set 40 On one of them; whereon I called in haste: ‘This one already I have surely met!’
    — from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
  10. Thou to me thy thoughts Wast wont, I mine to thee was wont to impart; Both waking we were one; how then can now Thy sleep dissent?
    — from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

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