Literary notes about rose (AI summary)
The term “rose” demonstrates remarkable versatility in literature, serving both as a description of action and a symbol rich in meaning. Frequently, it appears as the past tense of “rise” to convey physical or metaphorical movement—for example, characters physically getting up from a seat ([1], [2], [3]) or elements of nature emerging into view ([4], [5]). In other contexts, “Rose” functions as a name or evocative image, signifying beauty, passion, or delicate strength, as seen in the character Rose in Dickens’ work ([6]) or in poetic renderings of nature and emotion ([7], [8]). Thus, whether marking the act of rising or symbolizing qualities associated with the flower, “rose” enriches literary expression by linking movement with the beauty and fragility of life.
- Before daybreak he rose, kissed us all, and said "Farewell," and went away.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - Then Mr. Carter rose to his feet.
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - Valentine rose to fetch the dictionary.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - "The pit rose at me!"
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - The sun rose from water that was salt, and set in water that was sweet, and never hid himself from their eyes.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper - 'It is never too late,' said Rose, 'for penitence and atonement.'
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - I LE PANNEAU Under the rose-tree’s dancing shade There stands a little ivory girl,
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde - Then she fell to reflecting again, and in looking downwards a thorn of the rose remaining in her breast accidentally pricked her chin.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy
