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Literary notes about gather (AI summary)

The term "gather" finds rich versatility in literature, serving both literal and figurative purposes. It is often used to describe the physical act of collecting tangible items—such as assembling broken pieces [1], harvesting fruits or seeds [2, 3], or even rounding up people [4]—while simultaneously conveying a broader sense of accumulating abstract qualities like thoughts, memories, or emotions [5, 6, 7]. In many texts, the word extends beyond mere collection to suggest the process of uniting diverse elements into a cohesive whole, whether it be in crafting a narrative [8], summoning strength or hope [9], or fulfilling ancient commands in a ritual or ecclesiastical context [10, 11, 12]. Thus, "gather" operates as a dynamic verbal bridge between the concrete and the conceptual, enriching a text’s imagery and thematic depth.
  1. Well, carefully gather up the pieces and give them to me; I will take upon myself to put them together.”
    — from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  2. When this, by the daughter’s help, is done, he is told to gather up the seed again.
    — from Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
  3. Then gather three oranges, and get back to the gate as fast as you can.
    — from The Red Fairy Book
  4. In the large towns, as Cardiff, many thousands of people gather at the graves.
    — from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
  5. I had a letter from Arthur, written on Sunday, and from it I gather that he is bearing up wonderfully well.
    — from Dracula by Bram Stoker
  6. And I gather that Euphemia so far forgot herself as to let Jane sob out some of the fullness of her heart on a sympathetic shoulder.
    — from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells
  7. We are trying to gather up some courage wherewith to face another year of it.
    — from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery
  8. And he, too, would laugh and point to his eyes and say: “Here are the baskets in which I gather the light of the moon and the radiance of the sun.”
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  9. But death and all seemed to gather in him into a mad, over-whelming passion for his wife.
    — from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
  10. Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  11. Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  12. In that day, saith the Lord, I will gather up her that halteth: and her that I had cast out, I will gather up: and her whom I had afflicted.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete

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