Writers employ "bay" with remarkable versatility, using it to evoke both the natural majesty of coastal inlets and more abstract states of confinement. In some narratives, it denotes a picturesque or melancholic body of water—as in the evocative Bay of Naples that stirs deep emotions [1] or the expansive Chesapeake Bay that anchors historic conflicts [2]. In other contexts, "bay" functions as a spatial marker for navigational challenges or territorial boundaries, guiding characters through perilous passages [3, 4]. Moreover, the term even finds its way into architectural descriptions, lending a poetic air when a room melts into a bay window framed by heavy drapery [5]. This multiplicity of meanings enriches literary landscapes by linking geography, emotion, and design in a single evocative word.