Literary notes about akin (AI summary)
In literature, "akin" serves as a subtle tool to establish a resemblance or affinity between seemingly unrelated entities. Writers employ it to convey nuanced comparisons—linking tangible items, abstract feelings, and philosophical states alike. In [1], a plant is compared to cardamom, while in [2] slow movements are likened to steady valor. The word further enriches character introspection, as when lust is portrayed as being near akin to death in [3], or when the process of preparing a whale is associated with other preparatory actions in [4]. Through such varied usage, "akin" deepens the reader’s understanding of relational similarities by bridging the gap between concrete and abstract ideas.
- Puar is the name of a jungle plant, said to be akin to cardamom, the stem of which is used as a sort of javelin in this mock combat.
— from Malay Magic by Walter William Skeat - Speed borders upon timidity; slow movements are more akin to steady valor.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus - Never before, it had become so strangely clear to Siddhartha, how closely lust was akin to death.
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - Now, while discoursing of sperm, it behooves to speak of other things akin to it, in the business of preparing the sperm whale for the try-works.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville
