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Literary analysis:

Yellow is employed in literature as a versatile descriptor that imbues both nature and everyday objects with a vivid, sometimes ironic character. For instance, yellow flowers in sunlit fields [1] and ripening wheat amid vast landscapes [2] evoke a sense of warmth and vitality, while the delicate beauty of creatures like the yellow warbler [3] ties the color to natural wonder. At the same time, yellow serves to highlight specific details in human features or possessions—a character’s gleaming yellow eyes [4], a neatly done yellow hair [5], or even the inviting glow of a yellow lamp that suddenly lights up a room [6]. In each case, yellow operates not merely as a descriptive hue but as a multifaceted symbol enriching the narrative’s visual and emotional palette.

The blue and yellow flowers stood up proudly in the sun, Each one.
— from Anthology of Massachusetts Poets
A panorama of green corn, oat, and barley fields, brown hay stubble, and yellow wheat in the shock can be seen by merely turning one's head.
— from In Pastures Green by Peter McArthur
After searching for a time among the tree-tops, I spotted the singer, and was surprised to find him a yellow warbler.
— from Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by Arthur Cleveland Bent
and his yellow eyes gleamed dangerously as his hand stole to the handle of his sixshooter.
— from Thirty Years on the Frontier by Robert McReynolds
He wore a plaid cap jauntily on his yellow hair.
— from The Highflyers by Clarence Budington Kelland
The window of the lower room bloomed suddenly with a yellow light.
— from The Young Physician by Francis Brett Young

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